CVE-2021-22000

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    CVE-2021-22000

    Published: 13 Jul 2021Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: , https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0015.html, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163521/VMware-ThinApp-DLL-Hijacking.html, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/35

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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