VulnerabilityDeferred
CVE-2025-22247
VMware Tools contains an insecure file handling vulnerability.
MEDIUM 6.1EPSS 0.26%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.26%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
VMware Tools contains an insecure file handling vulnerability. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM may tamper the local files to trigger insecure file operations within that VM.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.26% probability · 18th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Source
- security@vmware.com
References
- https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25683
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/12/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/13/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/24/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/25/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/25/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/26/1
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00017.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.