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    "data_format": "MITRE",
    "data_version": "4.0",
    "CVE_data_meta": {
        "ID": "CVE-2021-21999",
        "ASSIGNER": "security@vmware.com",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
    },
    "affects": {
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                {
                    "vendor_name": "n/a",
                    "product": {
                        "product_data": [
                            {
                                "product_name": "VMware Tools for Windows, VMware Remote Console for Windows and VMware App Volumes",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "VMware Tools for Windows (11.x.y prior to 11.2.6), VMware Remote Console for Windows (12.x prior to 12.0.1) , VMware App Volumes (2.x prior to 2.18.10 and 4 prior to 2103)"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                }
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    "problemtype": {
        "problemtype_data": [
            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "Local privilege escalation vulnerability"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0013.html",
                "url": "https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0013.html"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-754/",
                "url": "https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-754/"
            }
        ]
    },
    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "VMware Tools for Windows (11.x.y prior to 11.2.6), VMware Remote Console for Windows (12.x prior to 12.0.1) , VMware App Volumes (2.x prior to 2.18.10 and 4 prior to 2103) contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. An attacker with normal access to a virtual machine may exploit this issue by placing a malicious file renamed as `openssl.cnf' in an unrestricted directory which would allow code to be executed with elevated privileges."
            }
        ]
    }
}