CVSS 3.1
7.5 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2021-22043
High (7.5) in vmware. EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 64% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-367
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- vmware:esxi
- vmware:fusion