CVE-2021-21972 VSphere Exploitation Attempt

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•updated Aug 12, 2024•1•0•25

Detects the exploitation of the VMware vSphere Remote Code Execution vulnerability (CVE-2021-21972) by identifying HTTP POST requests to the '/ui/vropspluginui/rest/services/uploadova' endpoint. This specific URI indicates an attempt to upload a malicious OVA file, which is the vector for the RCE.