VMware vCenter CVE-2021-21972 checker

Scanner for VMware vCenter Vulnerability

Disclaimer: This is for Educational Purposes only!

References for CVE:

1 - tenable article

2 - rapid7 blog

Workarounds

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/82374

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/76372

Usage:

$ ./vcenter-rce-2021-21972 [OPTIONS]

FLAGS:

-h, --help       Prints help information
-V, --version    Prints version information

OPTIONS:

-f, --file <filename>             File containing a list of IPs
-H, --host <Host IP or domain>    Host IP or Domain to be checked for CVE

Installation

First you must install Rust package on your GNU/Linux distribution, MacOS ($$$$) or Windows (blergh!)

https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install

Compiling

It is really easy to compile. Just run :

$ cargo build --release

Then you'll have the release ready in your <repo_downloaded_dir>/target/release/

That's all folks! Thank you very much.