CVE-2022-22977

CVSS V2 Low 3.6 CVSS V3 High 7.1

Description

VMware Tools for Windows(12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability. A malicious actor with non-administrative local user privileges in the Windows guest OS, where VMware Tools is installed, may exploit this issue leading to a denial-of-service condition or unintended information disclosure.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2022-22977

Assigner
security@vmware.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2022-05-24T19:15:09

Last Modified Date
2022-06-09T15:52:42

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-611	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
		AND
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools::::::::	1	OR	10.0.0	10.3.24
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools::::::::	1	OR	11.0.0	11.3.5
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools::::::::	1	OR	12.0.0	12.0.5
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*	0	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
3.6

Severity
LOW

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
4.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.1

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
5.2

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0015.html

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22977
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-22977

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-24 20:00:13				Added to TrackCVE