Detections
Analytics
CVE-2021-21999
high
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.
References
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-754/
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0013.html