CVE-2025-22247 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2025-22247

Insecure file handling vulnerability

Vulnerability 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.

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

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

VMware Tools
Vulnerable Versions:
12.x.x, 11.x.x

Timeline

Official Publish: May 12th, 2025
Last Modified: November 18th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)