vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2025-22247: open-vm-tools: Insecure file handling
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:C/A:N) | May 12, 2025 | Jul 9, 2025 | Jul 10, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:C/A:N)
Published
May 12, 2025
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 10, 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.
Solution
no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
References
Rapid7 Labs
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