CVE-2022-22977: VMware Tools for Windows(12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability. A malicious actor with non-administrative local user…

PriorityP431high7.1CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCHINAH

EPSS

0.78%

51.7th percentile

VMware Tools for Windows(12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability. A malicious actor with non-administrative local user privileges in the Windows guest OS, where VMware Tools is installed, may exploit this issue leading to a denial-of-service condition or unintended information disclosure.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
vmware	tools	10.0.0 – 10.3.24	—
vmware	tools	11.0.0 – 11.3.5	—
vmware	tools	>= 12.0.0 < 12.0.5	12.0.5

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

nvdv2.03.6LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

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