CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-21999

7.8 HIGH Published 2021-06-23 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-06-23
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-427

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• vmware app volumes (>= 2.0 < 2.18.10) • vmware app volumes (>= 4 < 2103) • vmware remote console (>= 12.0.0 < 12.0.1) • vmware tools (>= 11.0.0 < 11.2.6)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element weakness

References