CVE-2021-22042

published 2022-02-16

CVE-2021-22042: VMware ESXi contains an unauthorized access vulnerability due to VMX having access to settingsd authorization tickets. A malicious actor with privileges within…

high 7.8 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC L PR L UI N S U C H I H A H

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

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
vmware	cloud_foundation	>= 4.0 < 4.4	4.4
vmware	esxi	—	—

CWE-863