RULE(RULE ID:333866)

Rule General Information
Release Date: 2021-07-27
Rule Name: vSphere Client vCenter Server Plugin Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability (CVE-2021-21972)
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Rule Protection Details
Description: The vSphere Client (HTML5) contains a remote code execution vulnerability in a vCenter Server plugin. A malicious actor with network access to port 443 may exploit this issue to execute commands with unrestricted privileges on the underlying operating system that hosts vCenter Server. This affects VMware vCenter Server (7.x before 7.0 U1c, 6.7 before 6.7 U3l and 6.5 before 6.5 U3n) and VMware Cloud Foundation (4.x before 4.2 and 3.x before 3.10.1.2).
Impact: An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to have unspecified effect.
Affected OS: Windows, Linux, Others
Reference: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161590/VMware-vCenter-Server-7.0-Arbitrary-File-Upload.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161695/VMware-vCenter-Server-File-Upload-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163268/VMware-vCenter-6.5-6.7-7.0-Remote-Code-Execution.html
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0002.html
Solutions
The vendor has released upgrade patches to fix vulnerabilities, please visit:
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0002.html