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CVE-2021-22043

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CVSS 3.1
7.5 high
EPSS
1%p62
Published
()
Modified
Description

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.

Vendors
vmware
Products
fusion, esxi
Weakness
CWE-367
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.1%)

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