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Vulnerability CVE-2021-22043
Published: 2022-02-16
| Description: |
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. |
Type:
CWE-367 (Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition)
CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
| CVSS Base Score |
Impact Subscore |
Exploitability Subscore |
6/10 |
6.4/10 |
6.8/10 |
| Exploit range |
Attack complexity |
Authentication |
Remote |
Medium |
Single time |
| Confidentiality impact |
Integrity impact |
Availability impact |
Partial |
Partial |
Partial |
References: |
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0004.html
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