CVE-2022-31676
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.54% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 45.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2022-08-23 00:00Z4 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-03 07:26Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2022-05-25
- Assigning CNA
- vmware
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 74c400bd1eb96a155585794e32f65b4f4e0cc7f164d2346a83e825fd9d6ea029
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.vmware.comhttps://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0024.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20220823 [SECURITY ADVISORY] open-vm-tools: Local privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2022-31676)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/23/3
- www.debian.orgDSA-5215https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5215
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20220825 [SECURITY] [DLA 3081-1] open-vm-tools security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00013.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-cd23eac6f4https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O4TZF6QRJIDECGMEGBPXJCHZ6YC3VZ6Z/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-1b8d3b2845https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C5VV2R4LV4T3SNQJYRLFD4C75HBDVV76/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-1c9c0bacafhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZA63DWRW7HROTVBNRIPBJQWBYIYAQMEW/
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221017-0003/
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202210-27https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-27
07 Fixed in
AlmaLinux 8
- open-vm-tools Fixed in 11.3.5-1.el8_6.1
- open-vm-tools-desktop Fixed in 11.3.5-1.el8_6.1
- open-vm-tools-sdmp Fixed in 11.3.5-1.el8_6.1
Source: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
AlmaLinux 9
- open-vm-tools Fixed in 11.3.5-1.el9_0.1
- open-vm-tools-desktop Fixed in 11.3.5-1.el9_0.1
- open-vm-tools-sdmp Fixed in 11.3.5-1.el9_0.1
- open-vm-tools-test Fixed in 11.3.5-1.el9_0.1
Source: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
CloudLinux 8
- open-vm-tools Fixed in 11.3.5-1.el8_6.1
- open-vm-tools-desktop Fixed in 11.3.5-1.el8_6.1
- open-vm-tools-sdmp Fixed in 11.3.5-1.el8_6.1
Derived from AlmaLinux 8. Partial coverage: only packages taken from AlmaLinux 8 are listed.
Source: CloudLinux errata, CloudLinux Inc. Derived from: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
CloudLinux 9
- open-vm-tools Fixed in 11.3.5-1.el9_0.1
- open-vm-tools-desktop Fixed in 11.3.5-1.el9_0.1
- open-vm-tools-sdmp Fixed in 11.3.5-1.el9_0.1
- open-vm-tools-test Fixed in 11.3.5-1.el9_0.1
Derived from AlmaLinux 9. Partial coverage: only packages taken from AlmaLinux 9 are listed.
Source: CloudLinux errata, CloudLinux Inc. Derived from: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- open-vm-tools Fixed in 2:12.1.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- open-vm-tools Fixed in 2:12.1.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- open-vm-tools Fixed in 2:12.1.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- open-vm-tools Fixed in 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- open-vm-tools Fixed in 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- open-vm-tools Fixed in 2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- open-vm-tools Fixed in 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.