FKIE_CVE-2021-22042

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-02-16 17:15 - Updated: 2024-11-21 05:49
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
security@vmware.comhttps://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0004.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0004.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
vmware cloud_foundation *
vmware esxi 7.0
vmware esxi 7.0
vmware esxi 7.0
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