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CVE-2022-31676
published 2022-08-23

CVE-2022-31676: 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…

high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
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

13 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debiandebian_linux
debiandebian_linux
debianopen-vm-tools< open-vm-tools 2:12.1.0-1 (bookworm)open-vm-tools 2:12.1.0-1 (bookworm)
fedoraprojectfedora
fedoraprojectfedora
paloaltopan-os
vmwareopen-vm-tools>= 0 < 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u12:11.2.5-2+deb11u1
vmwareopen-vm-tools>= 0 < 2:12.1.0-12:12.1.0-1
vmwareopen-vm-tools>= 0 < 2:12.1.0-12:12.1.0-1
vmwareopen-vm-tools>= 0 < 2:12.1.0-12:12.1.0-1
vmwaretools>= 10.0.0 < 12.1.012.1.0
vmwaretools>= 10.0.0 < 10.3.2510.3.25
vmwaretools>= 11.0.0 < 12.1.012.1.0

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv7.8HIGH