Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 16, 2022· Updated Aug 3, 2024
CVE-2021-22043
CVE-2021-22043
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.
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References
1- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0004.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
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