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CVSSv2

CVE-2021-22043

Published: 16/02/2022 Updated: 24/02/2022
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 6.8
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.6
VMScore: 534
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

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.

Vulnerability Trend

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