CVE-2021-22042

EPSS 0.25%
Published 16.02.2022 17:15:10
Last modified 21.11.2024 05:49:29
Source security@vmware.com
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VMware ESXi contains an unauthorized access vulnerability due to VMX having access to settingsd authorization tickets. A malicious actor with privileges within the VMX process only, may be able to access settingsd service running as a high privileged user.

Affected products Warnungen 0 Metrics 3 CWE 1 References 4

Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)

VMware ≫ Cloud Foundation Version >= 4.0 < 4.4

VMware ≫ ESXi Version7.0 Updateupdate_1

VMware ≫ ESXi Version7.0 Updateupdate_2

VMware ≫ ESXi Version7.0 Updateupdate_3

Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.

EPSS Metriken
Type	Source	Score	Percentile
EPSS	FIRST.org	0.25%	0.485

CVSS Metriken
Source	Base Score	Exploit Score	Impact Score	Vector string
nvd@nist.gov	7.8	1.8	5.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd@nist.gov	4.6	3.9	6.4	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check.

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0004.html

Patch

Vendor Advisory

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22042

CVE Source (NVD)

https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2021-22042

CVE Source (JSON)

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2021-22042

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