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ghsa-cc95-jcm8-xmfh

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-24 19:06

Modified

2022-07-13 00:01

Severity ?

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

VMware Tools for Windows (11.x.y prior to 11.2.6), VMware Remote Console for Windows (12.x prior to 12.0.1) , VMware App Volumes (2.x prior to 2.18.10 and 4 prior to 2103) contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. An attacker with normal access to a virtual machine may exploit this issue by placing a malicious file renamed as `openssl.cnf' in an unrestricted directory which would allow code to be executed with elevated privileges.

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cve-2021-21999

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2021-06-23 11:16

Modified

2024-08-03 18:30

Severity ?

Summary

VMware Tools for Windows (11.x.y prior to 11.2.6), VMware Remote Console for Windows (12.x prior to 12.0.1) , VMware App Volumes (2.x prior to 2.18.10 and 4 prior to 2103) contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. An attacker with normal access to a virtual machine may exploit this issue by placing a malicious file renamed as `openssl.cnf' in an unrestricted directory which would allow code to be executed with elevated privileges.

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0013.html	x_refsource_MISC
	https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-754/	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	n/a	VMware Tools for Windows, VMware Remote Console for Windows and VMware App Volumes

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