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Rewterz Threat Advisory –CVE-2021-22000 – VMware ThinApp DLL hijacking Vulnerability

Severity

Medium

Analysis Summary

CVE-2021-22000

VMware Thinapp version contains 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.

Impact

  • Privilege escalation
  • Unauthorized Access

Affected Vendors

VMware

Affected Products

  • VMware ThinApp 5.x prior to 5.2.10

Remediation

Refer to VMware Security Advisory for the patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information.

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0015.html

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