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CVE-2021-22043Not scoredCWE-367

CVE-2021-22043: VMware ESXi and VMware Cloud Foundation vulnerability

Vmware · VMware ESXi and VMware Cloud Foundation

Affected: VMware ESXi and VMware Cloud Foundation · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

1.1%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
64th percentile
050100

Higher than 64% of scored CVEs

Not scored yet. The CVE record carries no CVSS score.

DescriptionCVE.org

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 products1

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

  • VMware ESXi and VMware Cloud FoundationVMware ESXi(7.0 U3 before ESXi70U3c-19193900, 7.0 U2 before…

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Exploitation
Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public check
No public nuclei template
Vendor
Vmware
Published
February 2022

CoverageNo articles yet

No CyberSIXT article names CVE-2021-22043 yet, so there is no coverage timeline, action brief or change log for it. Everything on this page comes from the public CVE record, CISA KEV, EPSS and the nuclei template index. Search the archive or see the CVEs in the news.

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