PT-2022-2235 · Vmware · Vmware Fusion+2

Victorv · Published 2022-02-15 · Updated 2022-02-24 · CVE-2021-22041

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.0

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a double-fetch vulnerability in the UHCI USB controller of VMware's virtualization platform. This vulnerability can be exploited by a malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host. The vulnerability is caused by synchronization errors when using a shared resource.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

BDU:2022-02321

CVE-2021-22041

Affected Products

Vmware Esxi

Vmware Fusion

Vmware Workstation

References · 11

• https://vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0004.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22041 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-02321 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-22041 · Vendor Advisory
• https://safe-surf.ru/upload/VULN/VULN-20220216.3.pdf · Security Note
• https://t.me/true_secator/2633 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/sysadm_in_channel/3782 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/37602 · Telegram Post
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2022021512 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/26878 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/27300 · Telegram Post