CVE-2022-31676
Published: 23 August 2022
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.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| alexmurray | Patch in email with Message-ID <BYAPR05MB634348FE28845A7AF442BE28B9649@BYAPR05MB6343.namprd05.prod.outlook.com> |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
open-vm-tools Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
kinetic |
Not vulnerable
(2:12.1.0-1)
|
| upstream |
Released
(12.1.0,10.3.25)
|
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| bionic |
Released
(2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.2)
|
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| focal |
Released
(2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3)
|
|
| jammy |
Released
(2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1)
|
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| trusty |
Not vulnerable
|
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| xenial |
Released
(2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only) |
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.0 |
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | High |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |