CVE-2021-21972

Estado: AnalizadaCrítica (9.8)⚠ Explotación activa

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).

CVSS

Versión: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Puntuación base: 9.8

Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)

Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 100%
Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 100
Fecha de la puntuación: 29/9/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).

CISA KEV — explotada activamente

Añadida al catálogo: 3/11/2021
Plazo de remediación: 17/11/2021
Uso conocido en ransomware: Known

🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK

Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.

ExplotaciónT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access95 %
Impacto principalT1059.001 PowerShellexecution95 %
Impacto secundarioT1005 Data from Local Systemcollection85 %

RCE en vCenter Server accesible por red (AV:N, PR:N) sin interacción: T1190. Ejecución de comandos con privilegios sin restricción confirmada. Acceso a datos del servidor virtualizado probable.

Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.

🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas

Privileged Account Management Vulnerability Scanning Network Segmentation Limit Access to Resource Over Network Filter Network Traffic Execution Prevention

Tecnologías afectadas (2)

Vmware — Cloud Foundation Vmware — Vcenter Server

CWE

CWE-22
CWE-22

Referencias

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