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.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required High
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
User Interaction None
No CVSS v3.0
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.
Affected Vendors & Products
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References
History
No history.
MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: vmware
Published: 2022-02-16T16:37:53
Updated: 2024-08-03T18:30:24.011Z
Reserved: 2021-01-04T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2021-22040
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2022-02-16T17:15:10.413
Modified: 2024-11-21T05:49:29.040
Link: CVE-2021-22040
Redhat
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