Vulnerability CVE-2021-22048


Published: 2021-11-10

Description:
The vCenter Server contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the IWA (Integrated Windows Authentication) authentication mechanism. A malicious actor with non-administrative access to vCenter Server may exploit this issue to elevate privileges to a higher privileged group.

Type:

CWE-269

(Improper Privilege Management)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.5/10
6.4/10
8/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Vmware -> Cloud foundation 
Vmware -> Vcenter server 

 References:
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0025.html

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