CVE-2022-31676

CVSS V2 None CVSS V3 High 7.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2022-31676
  • Assigner
  • security@vmware.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2022-08-23T20:15:08
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-11-16T20:05:47
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-269 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 10.0.0 12.1.0
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 10.0.0 10.3.25
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 11.0.0 12.1.0
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/23/3 Mailing List Patch Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00013.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C5VV2R4LV4T3SNQJYRLFD4C75HBDVV76/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O4TZF6QRJIDECGMEGBPXJCHZ6YC3VZ6Z/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZA63DWRW7HROTVBNRIPBJQWBYIYAQMEW/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-27 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221017-0003/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5215 Third Party Advisory
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0024.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-31676
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-31676
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-08-23 21:00:07 Added to TrackCVE