cve/2021/CVE-2021-22000.md

### [CVE-2021-22000](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-22000)
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### 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.

### POC

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

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.