vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2025-22247: Security patch for open-vm-tools (ALAS-2025-2864)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:C/A:N) | May 12, 2025 | May 30, 2025 | May 30, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:C/A:N)
Published
May 12, 2025
Added
May 30, 2025
Modified
May 30, 2025
Description
VMware Tools contains an insecure file handling vulnerability. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM may tamper the local files to trigger insecure file operations within that VM.
Solutions
amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-open-vm-toolsamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-open-vm-tools-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-open-vm-tools-desktopamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-open-vm-tools-develamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-open-vm-tools-salt-minionamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-open-vm-tools-sdmpamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-open-vm-tools-test
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