Tracker / CVE-2021-22043
CVE-2021-22043
High 7.5
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 products and versions
| vmware | esxi |
|---|---|
| vmware | fusion · … → 4.4 |
Analysis
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