CVE-2021-21981

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

VMware NSX-T contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to an issue with RBAC (Role based access control) role assignment. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with local guest user account to assign privileges higher than their own permission level.

VMware NSX-T, contiene una vulnerabilidad de escalada de privilegios debido a un problema con la asignación de roles RBAC (control de acceso basado en roles). Una explotación con éxito de este problema puede permitir a atacantes con una cuenta de usuario invitado local asignar privilegios superiores a su propio nivel de permiso

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-01-04 CVE Reserved
2021-04-19 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0006.html	2021-04-22

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Nsx-t Data Center Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Nsx-t Data Center"				3.1.1 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Nsx-t Data Center" and version "3.1.1"		-		Affected