QID 375939

Date Published: 2021-10-11

QID 375939: VMware App Volumes Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (VMSA-2021-0013)

VMware App Volumes is a portfolio of application and user management solutions for VMware Horizon,Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, and RDSH virtual environments.

Affected Versions:
VMware App Volumes for Windows 4.x versions prior to version 2103,Build 4.4.0.79
VMware App Volumes for Windows 2.x versions prior to 2.18.10.10

QID Detection Logic:(Authenticated)
It checks for vulnerable version of VMware App Volumes for Windows.

An attacker with normal access to a virtual machine may exploit this issue by placing a malicious file renamed as `openssl.cnf' in an unrestricted directory which would allow code to be executed with elevated privileges.

CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.8 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.2 severity.

Solution

To remediate this issue update to VMware App Volumes version VMware App Volumes 4, version 2103and VMware App Volumes 2.18.10
For more information please visit VMware advisory VMSA-2021-0013

Vendor References

VMSA-2021-0013 - www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0013.html

CVEs related to QID 375939

CVE-2021-21999 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
VMware App Volumes 2.18.10			docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-App-Volumes/2.18.10/rn/VMware-App-Volumes-21810-Release-Notes.html
VMware App Volumes 4, version 2103			docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-App-Volumes/2103/rn/VMware-App-Volumes-4-version-2103.html

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