CVE-2022-31676 - CVE House

Status published High CVE-2022-31676

VMware Tools (12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains a local privilege...

7.8 CVSS

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

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Affected Software

VMware Tools

Vulnerable Versions:

VMware Tools (12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y)

Timeline

Official Publish: August 23rd, 2022

Last Modified: August 3rd, 2024

Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.