{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 3 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-21999 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2021-21999 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2021-21999 is a high-severity vulnerability in VMware Tools for Windows, VMware Remote Console for Windows and VMware App Volumes, published on 23 Jun 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-21999 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-21999 is a high-severity vulnerability in VMware Tools for Windows, VMware Remote Console for Windows and VMware App Volumes, published on 23 Jun 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-21999 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: VMware Tools for Windows, VMware Remote Console for Windows and VMware App Volumes. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-21999/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-21999/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-21999","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-21999/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-21999","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-cc95-jcm8-xmfh"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"VMware Tools Windows","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Local attackers can execute code with elevated privileges by placing a malicious file in an unrestricted directory within VMware Windows tools.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"vmware","cpe":[{"product":"app_volumes","vendor":"vmware"},{"product":"remote_console","vendor":"vmware"},{"product":"tools","vendor":"vmware"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-427","name":"Uncontrolled Search Path Element"}],"description":"VMware Tools for Windows (11.x.y prior to 11.2.6), VMware Remote Console for Windows (12.x prior to 12.0.1) , VMware App Volumes (2.x prior to 2.18.10 and 4 prior to 2103) contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. An attacker with normal access to a virtual machine may exploit this issue by placing a malicious file renamed as `openssl.cnf' in an unrestricted directory which would allow code to be executed with elevated privileges.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in VMware Tools for Windows, VMware Remote Console for Windows and VMware App Volumes","id":"CVE-2021-21999","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2021"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in Vmware Thinapp","id":"CVE-2021-22000"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Auth bypass in VMware Carbon Black App Control (AppC)","id":"CVE-2021-21998"},"products":["VMware Tools for Windows, VMware Remote Console for Windows and VMware App Volumes"],"published":"2021-06-23","related":[{"cvss_score":5.4,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in VMware App Volumes","id":"CVE-2020-3975","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-08-21"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-03","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Local attackers can execute code with elevated privileges by placing a malicious file in an unrestricted directory within VMware Windows tools.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-21999/"}