CVE-2021-22042

Summary

CVE	CVE-2021-22042
State	PUBLIC
Assigner	[email protected]
Source Priority	CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published	2022-02-16 17:15:00 UTC
Updated	2022-02-25 18:07:00 UTC
Description	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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-863

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Application	Vmware	Cloud Foundation	All	All	All	All
Operating System	Vmware	Esxi	7.0	update_1	All	All
Operating System	Vmware	Esxi	7.0	update_2	All	All
Operating System	Vmware	Esxi	7.0	update_3	All	All

References

Reference	Source	Link	Tags
VMSA-2022-0004	MISC	www.vmware.com	Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record	CVE.ORG	www.cve.org	canonical
NVD vulnerability detail	NVD	nvd.nist.gov	canonical, analysis

No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.

Legacy QID Mappings

216282 VMware ESXi 7.0 Patch Release ESXi70U1e-19324898 Missing (VMSA-2022-0004)
216283 VMware ESXi 7.0 Patch Release ESXi70U2e-19290878 Missing (VMSA-2022-0004)
216284 VMware ESXi 7.0 Patch Release ESXi70U3c-19193900 Missing (VMSA-2022-0004)
376422 VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2022-0004)