CVE-2021-22018

At a glance

Severity: Not available
EPSS: EPSS 1.09 % · percentile 65 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2021-09-23
Updated: 2024-08-03
Assigner: vmware
NVD status: Modified

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.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 2.0	MEDIUM 6.4	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2021-9187
GCVE · GCVE-0-2021-22018

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2021-AVI-724 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 4.0 < 4.3.1
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

Affected products

Product	Versions
VMware vCenter Server, VMware Cloud Foundation	affected VMware vCenter Server 7.x before 7.0.2 U2d and VMware Cloud Foundation 4.x before 4.3.1

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0020.html

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD