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FKIE_CVE-2021-22000

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-07-13 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:36

Severity

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

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.

References

URL	Tags
security@vmware.com	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163521/VMware-ThinApp-DLL-Hijacking.html	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@vmware.com	http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/35	Exploit, Mailing List, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
security@vmware.com	https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0015.html	Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163521/VMware-ThinApp-DLL-Hijacking.html	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/35	Exploit, Mailing List, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0015.html	Patch, Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	vmware	thinapp	*

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CVE-2021-22000 (GCVE-0-2021-22000)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-07-13 18:01 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:30

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Uncontrolled Search Path Element (4.4) - CWE

Assigner

vmware mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2…	x_refsource_MISC
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/35	mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163521/VMwar…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	Vmware Thinapp	Affected: VMware Thinapp 5.x prior to 5.2.10

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