CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-22048

Published: Nov 10, 2021 | Modified: Jan 20, 2023
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The vCenter Server contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the IWA (Integrated Windows Authentication) authentication mechanism. A malicious actor with non-administrative access to vCenter Server may exploit this issue to elevate privileges to a higher privileged group.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Cloud_foundation Vmware 3.0 (including) 3.10.2.2 (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.5 (including) 6.5 (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.7 (including) 6.7 (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 7.0 (including) 7.0 (including)
Cloud_foundation Vmware 4.0 (including) 4.1.0.1 (including)

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