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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published: 2022-02-16T16:37:54

Updated: 2024-08-03T18:30:23.952Z

Reserved: 2021-01-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-22042

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2022-02-16T17:15:10.537

Modified: 2022-02-25T18:07:59.593

Link: CVE-2021-22042

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