Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2021-22043

VMware ESXi contains a TOCTOU (Time-of-check Time-of-use) vulnerability that exists in the way temporary files are handled. A malicious actor with access to settingsd, may exploit this issue to escalate their privileges by writing arbitrary files.

  • Published: Feb 16, 2022
  • Updated: Apr 14, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2021-22043
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.5
  • AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/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 / esxi 7.0-update_3 7.0-update_3.x
vmware / fusion - 4.4