CVE-2021-22000

CVSS V2 Medium 6.9 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
VMware Thinapp version 5.x prior to 5.2.10 contain a DLL hijacking vulnerability due to insecure loading of DLLs. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges may exploit this vulnerability to elevate privileges to administrator level on the Windows operating system having VMware ThinApp installed on it.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-22000
  • Assigner
  • security@vmware.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-07-13T19:15:09
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-06-28T14:11:45
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-427 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/427.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:thinapp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.2 5.2.10
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 6.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0015.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/35 Exploit Mailing List Technical Description Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163521/VMware-ThinApp-DLL-Hijacking.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22000
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-22000
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:04:32 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 06:01:19 2021-07-13T19:15Z 2021-07-13T19:15:09 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 06:01:19 2022-06-28T14:11:45 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 06:01:19 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated