Check Point Advisories

VMware View Planner Remote Code Execution (CVE-2021-21978)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2021-0148
Date Published: 14 Mar 2021
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Monday 28 November, 2022
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2021-21978
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? VMware View Planner 4.x prior to 4.6
Vulnerability Description A remote code execution vulnerability exists in VMware View Planner. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of HTTP request to logupload endpoint. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the target server. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the VMware View Planner Remote Code Execution (CVE-2021-21978) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  VMware View Planner Remote Code Execution (CVE-2021-21978)

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