vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2022-31676: local root privilege escalation in the virtual machine (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Aug 23, 2022 | Oct 20, 2022 | Jun 17, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Aug 23, 2022
Added
Oct 20, 2022
Modified
Jun 17, 2026
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.
Solutions
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