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
Link Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163521/VMware-ThinApp-DLL-Hijacking.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/35 Exploit Mailing List Technical Description Third Party Advisory
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0015.html Patch Vendor Advisory
History

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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published: 2021-07-13T18:01:34

Updated: 2021-07-16T16:06:12

Reserved: 2021-01-04T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2021-22000

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2021-07-13T19:15:09.403

Modified: 2022-06-28T14:11:45.273


Link: CVE-2021-22000

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