CVE-2022-31676

VMware Tools (12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability

published August 23, 2022

CVSS
—
EPSS
1%
Percentile
45.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00546 · 45.0th percentile
Published
2022-08-23T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 23 AUG 00:00Z
    VMware Tools (12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability
    cvelistv5