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CVE-2021-22018 Details

Description

The vCenter Server contains an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in a VMware vSphere Life-cycle Manager plug-in. A malicious actor with network access to port 9087 on vCenter Server may exploit this issue to delete non critical files.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0020.html CVEPatchVendor Advisory
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0020.html [email protected]PatchVendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-noinfoInsufficient Information to Classify Weakness[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
vmware cloud foundation
>= 4.0, < 4.3.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
vmware vcenter server
7.0 -

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

4 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-22018
NVD Published Date:
Sep 23, 2021
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2021-22018 Details - Not Deferred