{ "data_type": "CVE", "data_format": "MITRE", "data_version": "4.0", "CVE_data_meta": { "ID": "CVE-2021-22048", "ASSIGNER": "security@vmware.com", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "vendor_name": "n/a", "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "VMware vCenter Server and VMware Cloud Foundation", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "VMware vCenter Server(7.0 and 6.7) and VMware Cloud Foundation (4.x and 3.x)" } ] } } ] } } ] } }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "Privilege escalation vulnerability" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0025.html", "url": "https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0025.html" }, { "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167733/VMware-Security-Advisory-2022-0025.2.html", "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167733/VMware-Security-Advisory-2022-0025.2.html" }, { "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167795/VMware-Security-Advisory-2021-0025.3.html", "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167795/VMware-Security-Advisory-2021-0025.3.html" } ] }, "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "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." } ] } }