CVE-2022-31676

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege ManagementCWE-2509 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
0.1%
top 79.29%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Vmware ToolsDebian Debian LinuxFedoraproject Fedora
Timeline
PublishedAug 23
Latest updateAug 24

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDvmware/tools10.0.0 — 12.1.0+2
▶CVEListV5vmware_toolsVMware Tools (12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y)
▶Debianopen-vm-tools< 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 11.0, Fedora 36, 37

Patches

Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: www.openwall.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-whrm-jv67-hw75: VMware Tools (12↗2022-08-24
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CVEList
CVE-2022-31676: VMware Tools (12↗2022-08-23
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OSV
CVE-2022-31676: VMware Tools (12↗2022-08-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
Open VM Tools vulnerability↗2022-08-24
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Ubuntu
Open VM Tools vulnerability↗2022-08-24
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Red Hat
open-vm-tools: local root privilege escalation in the virtual machine↗2022-08-23
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VMware
VMware Tools update addresses a local privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2022-31676)↗2022-08-23
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Debian
CVE-2022-31676: open-vm-tools - VMware Tools (12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains a local privilege escalation v...↗2022
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CVE-2022-31676 (HIGH CVSS 7.8) | VMware Tools (12.0.0 | cvebase.io