vulnerability
CentOS Linux: CVE-2022-31676: Important: open-vm-tools security update (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | 08/23/2022 | 10/20/2022 | 01/28/2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
08/23/2022
Added
10/20/2022
Modified
01/28/2025
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.
Solution(s)
centos-upgrade-open-vm-toolscentos-upgrade-open-vm-tools-debuginfocentos-upgrade-open-vm-tools-debugsourcecentos-upgrade-open-vm-tools-desktopcentos-upgrade-open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfocentos-upgrade-open-vm-tools-develcentos-upgrade-open-vm-tools-sdmpcentos-upgrade-open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfocentos-upgrade-open-vm-tools-testcentos-upgrade-open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo
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