vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2025-22247: open-vm-tools -- security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:C/A:N) | May 15, 2025 | May 15, 2025 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:C/A:N)
Published
May 15, 2025
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Mar 30, 2026
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.
Solution
debian-upgrade-open-vm-tools
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