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CVE-2021-22043
Published: Feb 16, 2022
Modified: Aug 3, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | VMware ESXi and VMware Cloud Foundation | affected VMware ESXi(7.0 U3 before ESXi70U3c-19193900, 7.0 U2 before ESXi70U2e-19290878 and 7.0 U1 before ESXi70U1e-19324898) and VMware Cloud Foundation 4.x before 4.4 |
References
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0004.html
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