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● CVE — Medium

CVE-2021-22040

VendorvmwareProductfusion, workstation player, workstation pro, esxi, cloud foundationDiscoveredFeb 16, 2022UpdatedNov 21, 2024

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.

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CVSS v3.1
6.7 MEDIUM
EPSS
0.73%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
0
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorLOCAL
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredHIGH
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityHIGH
IntegrityHIGH
AvailabilityHIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Connections
6 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Feb 16, 2022
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Nov 21, 2024