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VMware Warns of Critical File Upload Vulnerability Affecting vCenter Server

The Hacker Newsby @TheHackersNews ()2 min read7 · 1 read
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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2021-21991
+1 related CVE
The vCenter Server contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to the way it handles session tokens
7.8
group max
<1%
CVE-2021-22015
+14 related CVEs
The vCenter Server contains multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities due to improper permissions of files and directories
7.8
group max
2%PoC
CVE-2021-22005
+1 related CVE
Path Traversal File Upload RCE in VMware vCenter Server (Analytics Service)
9.8
group max
100%KEVRansomwarePoC
KEV

From the original article

2 min read at thehackernews.com

VMware on Tuesday published a new bulletin warning of as many as 19 vulnerabilities in vCenter Server and Cloud Foundation appliances that a remote attacker could exploit to take control of an affected system. The most urgent among them is an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the Analytics service (CVE-2021-22005) that impacts vCenter Server 6. 7 and 7.

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