CVE-2021-22000

high

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

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0015.html

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/35

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163521/VMware-ThinApp-DLL-Hijacking.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-07-13

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00282