CVE-2021-22015

Description

The vCenter Server contains multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities due to improper permissions of files and directories. An authenticated local user with non-administrative privilege may exploit these issues to elevate their privileges to root on vCenter Server Appliance.

References

https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2022-22948-vmware-vcenter-server-sensitive-information-disclosure-vulnerability

https://pentera.io/blog/information-disclosure-in-vmware-vcenter/

https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2021-22005-critical-file-upload-vulnerability-in-vmware-vcenter-server

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0020.html

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170116/VMware-vCenter-vScalation-Privilege-Escalation.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3