CVE-2021-22043

Summary

CVECVE-2021-22043
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-02-16 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-02-24 19:51:00 UTC
DescriptionVMware 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-367

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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
Application Vmware Fusion All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
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

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)
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