Thousands of VMware Servers Exposed to Critical RCE Bug
Security experts report scanning activity targeting vulnerable vCenter servers after a researcher published proof-of-concept code.
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.
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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.
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