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…

PriorityP346high7.5CVSS 3.1

AVNACHPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

1.05%

60.8th percentile

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.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
vmware	esxi	—	—
vmware	fusion	< 4.4	4.4

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.06.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

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