CVE-2022-31676

CVE Details

Release Date:

2022-08-23

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.

See more information about CVE-2022-31676 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	7.8	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	Low	User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	High
Integrity Impact:	High	Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (open-vm-tools)	ELSA-2022-6381	2022-09-07
Oracle Linux version 8 (open-vm-tools)	ELSA-2022-6357	2022-09-06
Oracle Linux version 9 (open-vm-tools)	ELSA-2022-6358	2022-09-07

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