CVE-2021-22040

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the XHCI USB controller. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host...

CVE-2021-22042

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...

CVE-2021-22043

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...

CVE-2021-22040

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the XHCI USB controller. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host...

CVE-2021-22041

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a double-fetch vulnerability in the UHCI USB controller. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host...

CVE-2021-22042

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...

CVE-2021-22043

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...

CVE-2021-22041

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a double-fetch vulnerability in the UHCI USB controller. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host...

Code injection

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...

Double free

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the XHCI USB controller. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host...

Improper access control

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...

Double free

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a double-fetch vulnerability in the UHCI USB controller. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host...

Design/Logic Flaw

VMware NSX Edge contains a CLI shell injection vulnerability. A malicious actor with SSH access to an NSX-Edge appliance can execute arbitrary commands on the operating system as root...

CVE-2022-22945

CVE-2022-22945 affects VMware NSX Data Center for vSphere (NSX-V) in the NSX Edge appliance. A CLI shell injection exists that allows a user with SSH access to an NSX-Edge appliance to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying OS (local privilege escalation). Reported cause: improper i...

CVE-2022-22945

VMware NSX Edge contains a CLI shell injection vulnerability. A malicious actor with SSH access to an NSX-Edge appliance can execute arbitrary commands on the operating system as root...

CVE-2021-22043

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...

CVE-2021-22043

CVE-2021-22043 affects VMware ESXi. It is a TOCTOU vulnerability in how temporary files are handled by the settingsd service, enabling a user with access to settingsd to escalate privileges by writing arbitrary files. The issue is discussed alongside related flaws (CVE-2021-22040/22041/22042/2205...

CVE-2021-22042

CVE-2021-22042 affects VMware ESXi: an unauthorized-access flaw where VMX process privileges can access settingsd authorization tickets, allowing a local attacker with VMX privileges to reach the settingsd service running as a high-privileged user. Reported in multiple feeds (NVD, Red Hat, Nessus...

CVE-2021-22041

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a double-fetch vulnerability in the UHCI USB controller. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host...

CVE-2021-22042

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...