CVE-2022-31705

8.2HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Vmware
Status
Vmware Esxi, Vmware Workstation Pro / Player, Vmware Fusion Pro / Fusion (fusion), Vmware Cloud Foundation
Vendor
CVE Published:
14 December 2022

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

Summary

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the USB 2.0 controller (EHCI). A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host. On ESXi, the exploitation is contained within the VMX sandbox whereas, on Workstation and Fusion, this may lead to code execution on the machine where Workstation or Fusion is installed.

Affected Version(s)

VMware ESXi, VMware Workstation Pro / Player, VMware Fusion Pro / Fusion (Fusion), VMware Cloud Foundation VMware ESXi (8.0 prior to ESXi80a-20842819, 7.0 prior to ESXi70U3si-20841705, VMware Workstation Pro / Player (16.x prior to 16.2.5), VMware Fusion Pro / Fusion (12.x prior to 12.2.5), VMware Cloud Foundation (4.x, 3.x)

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

cve-2022-31705
Created by s0duku

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0033...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.2
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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