| CVE-2021-21992 | Date: (C)2021-09-23 (M)2023-12-22 |
The vCenter Server contains a denial-of-service vulnerability due to improper XML entity parsing. A malicious actor with non-administrative user access to the vCenter Server vSphere Client (HTML5) or vCenter Server vSphere Web Client (FLEX/Flash) may exploit this issue to create a denial-of-service condition on the vCenter Server host.
CVSS Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -| CVSS V3 Severity: | CVSS V2 Severity: |
| CVSS Score : 6.5 | CVSS Score : 6.8 |
| Exploit Score: 2.8 | Exploit Score: 8.0 |
| Impact Score: 3.6 | Impact Score: 6.9 |
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| CVSS V3 Metrics: | CVSS V2 Metrics: |
| Attack Vector: NETWORK | Access Vector: NETWORK |
| Attack Complexity: LOW | Access Complexity: LOW |
| Privileges Required: LOW | Authentication: SINGLE |
| User Interaction: NONE | Confidentiality: NONE |
| Scope: UNCHANGED | Integrity: NONE |
| Confidentiality: NONE | Availability: COMPLETE |
| Integrity: NONE | |
| Availability: HIGH | |
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