CVEs-PoC/2021/CVE-2021-22000.md

### [CVE-2021-22000](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-22000)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=Vmware%20Thinapp&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=n%2Fa&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=Uncontrolled%20Search%20Path%20Element%20(4.4)%20-%20CWE&color=brighgreen)

### 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.