Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2021-22043 First vendor Publication 2022-02-16
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-21

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 7.5
Base Score 7.5 Environmental Score 7.5
impact SubScore 5.9 Temporal Score 7.5
Exploitabality Sub Score 1.6
 
Attack Vector Network Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 6.8 Authentication Requires single instance
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-22043

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 29
Os 3

Sources (Detail)

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0004.html
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Date Informations
2024-11-28 13:52:22
  • Multiple Updates
2022-02-25 00:22:57
  • Multiple Updates
2022-02-16 21:22:55
  • First insertion