vulnerability
Oracle Linux: CVE-2022-31676: ELSA-2022-6357: open-vm-tools security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Aug 23, 2022 | Sep 7, 2022 | Dec 3, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Aug 23, 2022
Added
Sep 7, 2022
Modified
Dec 3, 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.
A flaw was found in open-vm-tools. A malicious actor with local non-administrative access to the guest operating system can escalate privileges as a root user in the virtual machine.
A flaw was found in open-vm-tools. A malicious actor with local non-administrative access to the guest operating system can escalate privileges as a root user in the virtual machine.
Solutions
oracle-linux-upgrade-open-vm-toolsoracle-linux-upgrade-open-vm-tools-desktoporacle-linux-upgrade-open-vm-tools-develoracle-linux-upgrade-open-vm-tools-sdmporacle-linux-upgrade-open-vm-tools-test
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