VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-31676
VMware Tools (12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.54%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.54%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.54% probability · 44th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Affected
- vmware/tools · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora · netapp/ontap select deploy administration utility
- Source
- security@vmware.com
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/23/3Mailing List, Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00013.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C5VV2R4LV4T3SNQJYRLFD4C75HBDVV76/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O4TZF6QRJIDECGMEGBPXJCHZ6YC3VZ6Z/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZA63DWRW7HROTVBNRIPBJQWBYIYAQMEW/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-27Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221017-0003/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5215Third Party Advisory
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0024.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/23/3Mailing List, Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00013.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C5VV2R4LV4T3SNQJYRLFD4C75HBDVV76/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O4TZF6QRJIDECGMEGBPXJCHZ6YC3VZ6Z/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZA63DWRW7HROTVBNRIPBJQWBYIYAQMEW/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-27Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221017-0003/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5215Third Party Advisory
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0024.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.