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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.

Published

2022-08-23T20:15:08.903

Last Modified

2024-11-21T07:05:06.290

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-269

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	vmware	tools	< 12.1.0	Yes
Operating System	microsoft	windows	-	No
Application	vmware	tools	< 10.3.25	Yes
Application	vmware	tools	< 12.1.0	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	-	No
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	10.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	11.0	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	36	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	37	Yes
Application	netapp	ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility	-	Yes

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/23/3 Mailing List, Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00013.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C5VV2R4LV4T3SNQJYRLFD4C75HBDVV76/ ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O4TZF6QRJIDECGMEGBPXJCHZ6YC3VZ6Z/ ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZA63DWRW7HROTVBNRIPBJQWBYIYAQMEW/ ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-27 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221017-0003/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5215 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0024.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/23/3 Mailing List, Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00013.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C5VV2R4LV4T3SNQJYRLFD4C75HBDVV76/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O4TZF6QRJIDECGMEGBPXJCHZ6YC3VZ6Z/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZA63DWRW7HROTVBNRIPBJQWBYIYAQMEW/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-27 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221017-0003/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5215 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0024.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)