Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-22042 - Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in VMWare Cloud Foundation and Esxi

047910
CVSS 4.6 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
local
low complexity
vmware
CWE-863

Summary

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.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)