CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-22000
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-07-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-427
Description
VMware Thinapp version 5.x prior to 5.2.10 contain a DLL hijacking vulnerability due to insecure loading of DLLs. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges may exploit this vulnerability to elevate privileges to administrator level on the Windows operating system having VMware ThinApp installed on it.
Affected configurations
• vmware thinapp (>= 5.2 < 5.2.10)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163521/VMware-ThinApp-DLL-Hijacking.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/35 Exploit, Mailing List, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0015.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163521/VMware-ThinApp-DLL-Hijacking.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/35 Exploit, Mailing List, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0015.html Patch, Vendor Advisory