CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-22948

Incorrect Default Permissions

Published: Mar 29, 2022 | Modified: Apr 08, 2022
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The vCenter Server contains an information disclosure vulnerability due to improper permission of files. A malicious actor with non-administrative access to the vCenter Server may exploit this issue to gain access to sensitive information.

Weakness

During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Cloud_foundation Vmware 3.0 (including) 3.11 (excluding)
Cloud_foundation Vmware 3.11 (including) 3.11 (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.5 (including) 6.5 (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.5-a (including) 6.5-a (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.5-b (including) 6.5-b (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.5-c (including) 6.5-c (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.5-d (including) 6.5-d (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.5-e (including) 6.5-e (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.5-f (including) 6.5-f (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.5-update1 (including) 6.5-update1 (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.5-update1b (including) 6.5-update1b (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.5-update1c (including) 6.5-update1c (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.5-update1d (including) 6.5-update1d (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.5-update1e (including) 6.5-update1e (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.5-update1g (including) 6.5-update1g (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.5-update2 (including) 6.5-update2 (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.5-update2b (including) 6.5-update2b (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.5-update2c (including) 6.5-update2c (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.5-update2d (including) 6.5-update2d (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.5-update2g (including) 6.5-update2g (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.5-update3 (including) 6.5-update3 (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.5-update3d (including) 6.5-update3d (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.5-update3f (including) 6.5-update3f (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.5-update3k (including) 6.5-update3k (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.5-update3n (including) 6.5-update3n (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.5-update3p (including) 6.5-update3p (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.5-update3q (including) 6.5-update3q (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.7 (including) 6.7 (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.7-a (including) 6.7-a (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.7-b (including) 6.7-b (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.7-d (including) 6.7-d (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.7-update1 (including) 6.7-update1 (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.7-update1b (including) 6.7-update1b (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.7-update2 (including) 6.7-update2 (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.7-update2a (including) 6.7-update2a (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.7-update2c (including) 6.7-update2c (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.7-update3 (including) 6.7-update3 (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.7-update3a (including) 6.7-update3a (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.7-update3b (including) 6.7-update3b (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.7-update3f (including) 6.7-update3f (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.7-update3g (including) 6.7-update3g (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.7-update3j (including) 6.7-update3j (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.7-update3l (including) 6.7-update3l (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.7-update3m (including) 6.7-update3m (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.7-update3n (including) 6.7-update3n (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.7-update3o (including) 6.7-update3o (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 7.0 (including) 7.0 (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 7.0-a (including) 7.0-a (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 7.0-b (including) 7.0-b (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 7.0-c (including) 7.0-c (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 7.0-d (including) 7.0-d (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 7.0-update1 (including) 7.0-update1 (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 7.0-update1a (including) 7.0-update1a (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 7.0-update1c (including) 7.0-update1c (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 7.0-update1d (including) 7.0-update1d (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 7.0-update2 (including) 7.0-update2 (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 7.0-update2a (including) 7.0-update2a (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 7.0-update2b (including) 7.0-update2b (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 7.0-update2c (including) 7.0-update2c (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 7.0-update2d (including) 7.0-update2d (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 7.0-update3 (including) 7.0-update3 (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 7.0-update3a (including) 7.0-update3a (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 7.0-update3c (including) 7.0-update3c (including)

Potential Mitigations

  • Compartmentalize the system to have “safe” areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area.
  • Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.

References