Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2021-22042

VMware ESXi contains an unauthorized access vulnerability due to VMX having access to settingsd authorization tickets. A malicious actor with privileges within the VMX process only, may be able to access settingsd service running as a high privileged user.

  • Published: Feb 16, 2022
  • Updated: Apr 14, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2021-22042
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.8
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4.6
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
vmware / esxi 7.0-update_1 7.0-update_1.x
vmware / esxi 7.0-update_2 7.0-update_2.x
vmware / cloud_foundation 4.0 4.4
vmware / esxi 7.0-update_3 7.0-update_3.x