CVE-2022-31676

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.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.05%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory vmware.com
Affected: n/a VMware Tools
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0024.html release notes vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/23/3 mailing list release notes patch third party advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5215 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00013.html third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O4TZF6QRJIDECGMEGBPXJCHZ6YC3VZ6Z/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C5VV2R4LV4T3SNQJYRLFD4C75HBDVV76/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZA63DWRW7HROTVBNRIPBJQWBYIYAQMEW/ vendor advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221017-0003/ third party advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-27 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2022-31676?
CVE-2022-31676 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2022-31676?
To fix CVE-2022-31676, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2022-31676 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2022-31676 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2022-31676?
CVE-2022-31676 affects n/a VMware Tools.
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