CVE-2021-22000

HIGH

Vmware Thinapp < 5.2.10 - Uncontrolled Search Path

Title source: rule

Description

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 (3)

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163521/VMware-ThinApp-DLL-Hijacking.html

[Exploit, Mailing List, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory] http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/35

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0015.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0015

EPSS Percentile 35.1%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-427

Status published

Affected Products (1)

vmware/thinapp < 5.2.10

Timeline

Published Jul 13, 2021

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026