Detections
Analytics
CVE-2021-22005
critical
Description
The vCenter Server contains an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the Analytics service. A malicious actor with network access to port 443 on vCenter Server may exploit this issue to execute code on vCenter Server by uploading a specially crafted file.
From the Tenable Blog
CVE-2021-22005: Critical File Upload Vulnerability in VMware vCenter Server
Published: 2021-09-22
VMware published an advisory addressing 19 vulnerabilities, including one critical flaw in vCenter Server that is reportedly simple to exploit. Background On September 21, VMware published a security advisory addressing 19 vulnerabilities in vCenter Server, its centralized management software for VMware vSphere systems. The full list of vulnerabilities patched includes:
References
https://thehackernews.com/2024/09/hacktivist-group-twelve-targets-russian.html
https://securelist.com/twelve-group-unified-kill-chain/113877/
https://thehackernews.com/2023/12/behind-scenes-of-matveevs-ransomware.html
https://www.tenable.com/cyber-exposure/a-look-inside-the-ransomware-ecosystem
https://www.tenable.com/cyber-exposure/2021-threat-landscape-retrospective
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0020.html