CVE-2021-21991 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2021-21991 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 22/09/2021 | CVE Updated: 03/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2021
Source: vmware | Vendor: n/a | Product: VMware vCenter Server, VMware Cloud Foundation
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2021-21991 Description

The vCenter Server contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to the way it handles session tokens. A malicious actor with non-administrative user access on vCenter Server host may exploit this issue to escalate privileges to Administrator on the vSphere Client (HTML5) or vCenter Server vSphere Web Client (FLEX/Flash).

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
Vector: n/a

l➤ Exploitability Metrics:
    Attack Vector (AV)*
    Attack Complexity (AC)*
    Privileges Required (PR)*
    User Interaction (UI)*
    Scope (S)*

l➤ Impact Metrics:
    Confidentiality Impact (C)*
    Integrity Impact (I)*
    Availability Impact (A)*

Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID:
CWE Name: Local privilege escalation vulnerability
Source: n/a

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).