vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2022-31676): Open VM Tools vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | 2022-08-23 | 2022-08-25 | 2025-01-28 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
2022-08-23
Added
2022-08-25
Modified
2025-01-28
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
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-open-vm-tools
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