Description (CNA)
VMware ESXi contains a TOCTOU (Time-of-check Time-of-use) vulnerability that exists in the way temporary files are handled. A malicious actor with access to settingsd, may exploit this issue to escalate their privileges by writing arbitrary files.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / VMware ESXi and VMware Cloud Foundation | affected VMware ESXi(7.0 U3 before ESXi70U3c-19193900, 7.0 U2 before ESXi70U2e-19290878 and 7.0 U1 before ESXi70U1e-19324898) and VMware Cloud Foundation 4.x before 4.4 |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
ADP enrichment
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