CVE-2022-31676Not scoredCWE-269

CVE-2022-31676: VMware Tools vulnerability

Vmware · VMware Tools

Vendor fix available · Affected: VMware Tools · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

0.6%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

46th percentile

050100

Higher than 46% of scored CVEs

Not scored yet. The CVE record carries no CVSS score.

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

Affected products1

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

VMware ToolsVMware Tools (12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y)

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Exploitation: Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Improper Privilege Management · Access Control
Vendor: Vmware
Published: August 2022
Band: Unlikely (under 1%), August 2022

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