CVE-2022-22943: VMware Tools for Windows (11.x.y and 10.x.y prior to 12.0.0) contains an uncontrolled search path vulnerability. A malicious actor with local administrative…

PriorityP431medium6.7CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRHUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

1.22%

65.0th percentile

VMware Tools for Windows (11.x.y and 10.x.y prior to 12.0.0) contains an uncontrolled search path vulnerability. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges in the Windows guest OS, where VMware Tools is installed, may be able to execute code with system privileges in the Windows guest OS due to an uncontrolled search path element.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
vmware	tools	>= 10.0.0 < 12.0.0	12.0.0

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.7MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.07.2HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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