CVE Vulnerability

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 Guest OS can escalate privileges as a root user in the virtual machine.

7.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0024.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/23/3 Mailing List Patch
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5215 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00013.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O4TZF6QRJIDECGMEGBPXJCHZ6YC3VZ6Z/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C5VV2R4LV4T3SNQJYRLFD4C75HBDVV76/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZA63DWRW7HROTVBNRIPBJQWBYIYAQMEW/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221017-0003/ Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-27 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2022-08-23 08:15

Updated : 2022-11-16 08:05

NVD link : CVE-2022-31676

Mitre link : CVE-2022-31676

Products Affected

Tools

Vmware

CWE
CWE-269