CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.7. It affects VMware, VMWare, ESXi. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.
Public Exploit Signal
A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.
Detected Signals
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CVE
CVE-2021-22040
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.7
EPSS
0.73%
VMware VMWare ESXi
Original NVD Description
VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the XHCI USB controller. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host.
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