7.5

CVE-2021-22043

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.

Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
VMware ≫ Fusion Version < 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 0.46% 0.634
CVSS Metriken
Source Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector string
nvd@nist.gov 7.5 1.6 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd@nist.gov 6 6.8 6.4
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

The product checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource's state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check. This can cause the product to perform invalid actions when the resource is in an unexpected state.