title: CVE-2021-21972 VSphere Exploitation 
id: 179ed852-0f9b-4009-93a7-68475910fd86
status: experimental
description: Detects the exploitation of VSphere Remote Code Execution vulnerability as described in CVE-2021-21972
author: Bhabesh Raj
date: 2021/02/24
modified: 2021/08/09
references:
    - https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0002.html
    - https://f5.pm/go-59627.html
    - https://swarm.ptsecurity.com/unauth-rce-vmware
logsource:
    category: webserver
detection:
    selection:
        cs-method: 'POST'
        c-uri: '/ui/vropspluginui/rest/services/uploadova'
    condition: selection
fields:
    - c-ip
    - c-dns
falsepositives:
    - OVA uploads to your VSphere appliance
level: high
tags:
    - attack.initial_access
    - attack.t1190
