Vulnerability · Published Feb 16, 2022 · Assigned by vmware
CVE-2021-22041
Medium 6.7
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in VMware ESXi , Workstation, Fusion and VMware Cloud Foundation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 48% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.7Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 52.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a double-fetch vulnerability in the UHCI 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | VMware ESXi , Workstation, Fusion and VMware Cloud Foundation | VMware ESXi (7.0 U3 before ESXi70U3c-19193900, 7.0 U2 before ESXi70U2e-19290878, 7.0 U1 before ESXi70U1e-19324898, ESXi 6.7 before ESXi670-202111101-SG and ESXi 6.5 ESXi650-202202401-SG), Workstation (16.x before 16.2.1), Fusion (12.x before 12.2.1) and VMware Cloud Foundation (4.x before 4.4 and 3.x before 3.11) |
References
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0004.html x_refsource_MISC