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.
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Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-08-24. NVD baseline CVSS 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.
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.
August 23, 2022
November 21, 2024
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | open-vm-tools-dev (2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1) @ jammy | 2026-05-25 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | open-vm-tools-dev (2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1) @ xenial | 2026-05-25 | ubuntu |
| redhat | open-vm-tools-0:11.0.5-3.el7_9.4 | 2022-09-07 | redhat |
| redhat | open-vm-tools-0:11.0.0-4.el8_2.1 | 2022-09-06 | redhat |
| redhat | open-vm-tools-0:11.2.0-2.el8_4.1 | 2022-09-06 | redhat |
| redhat | open-vm-tools-0:11.3.5-1.el9_0.1 | 2022-09-06 | redhat |
| redhat | open-vm-tools-0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.1 | 2022-09-06 | redhat |
| redhat | open-vm-tools-0:10.3.10-3.el8_1.3 | 2022-09-06 | redhat |
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RHSA-2022:6354 — Important
RHSA-2022:6355 — Important
RHSA-2022:6356 — Important
RHSA-2022:6357 — Important
RHSA-2022:6358 — Important
RHSA-2022:6381 — Important
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