CVE-2022-31676

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Vmware
Status
Vmware Tools
Vendor
CVE Published:
23 August 2022

Summary

VMware Tools (12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local non-administrative access to the Guest OS can escalate privileges as a root user in the virtual machine.

Affected Version(s)

VMware Tools VMware Tools (12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y)

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0024...
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/23/3
mailing-list
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5215
vendor-advisory

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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