CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Remediation Deadline: Nov 17, 2021

CVE-2021-22005

High

CVSS 9.8EPSS 94.5%CISA KEVPoC AvailableRansomware

VMware/vCenter Server

Description

VMware vCenter Server contains a file upload vulnerability in the Analytics service that allows a user with network access to port 443 to execute code.

CVSS Score

9.8/ 10

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS — Exploit Probability

94.5%

Higher than 100.0% of all CVEs

Weakness Classification (CWE)

CWE-22Path TraversalMITRE

Known Exploits

POC

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164439/VMware-vCenter-Server-Analytics-CEIP-Service-File-Upload.htmlExploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164439/VMware-vCenter-Server-Analytics-CEIP-Service-File-Upload.htmlExploit

Required Action

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22005

Risk Assessment

CRITICAL

In CISA KEV

Known exploit

Critical CVSS

High EPSS

Ransomware

Details

Severity: High
CVSS: 9.8
EPSS: 94.5%
CWE: CWE-22
Exploit: POC
CISA KEV: Yes
Ransomware: Known
Articles: 0

Timeline

Published

Nov 3, 2021

Added to KEV

Nov 3, 2021

Remediation Due

Nov 17, 2021

Affected Product

VMware

vCenter Server

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External Links

NVD (NIST)CVE Details MITRE CVE