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Security experts report scanning activity targeting vulnerable vCenter servers after a researcher published proof-of-concept code.<\/span><\/p>\n

More than 6,700 VMware vCenter Server systems are publicly accessible and vulnerable to a newly reported critical remote code execution (RCE) flaw that attackers are looking to exploit. <\/p>\n

Earlier this week, VMware released a security advisory when it patched two vulnerabilities in vCenter Server, a centralized management software for vSphere systems, as well as a flaw in the VMware ESXi hypervisor. CVE-2021-21972, the RCE vulnerability with a CVSSv3 score of 9.8, is the most severe. <\/p>\n

An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this by uploading a specially crafted file to an exposed vCenter Server endpoint that is publicly accessible over port 443, Tenable researchers explain in a blog post. If successful, the attacker could gain unrestricted RCE privileges in the underlying operating system of the vCenter Server.<\/p>\n

While this vulnerability exists in the vRealize Operations vCenter plugiin, VMware’s advisory states this plug-in is included in all default installations of the vCenter Server. <\/p>\n

Attackers are already scanning for vulnerable vCenter servers connected to the Internet, threat intelligence company Bad Packets reported<\/a> on Twitter. Multiple proof-of-concept exploit scripts were published on GitHub, including one that can be configured for Windows and Linux targets.<\/p>\n

Read the VMware advisory<\/a> and Tenable analysis<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n

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