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VMware ESXi contains an unauthorized access vulnerability...

High severity Unreviewed Published Feb 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 3, 2023

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 16, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Feb 17, 2022
Last updated Feb 3, 2023

Severity

High

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

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(15th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-22042

GHSA ID

GHSA-j79m-7c8r-83mc

Source code

No known source code

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