vulnerability
VMware VMware Tools: CVE-2022-31676: VMware Tools update addresses a local privilege escalation vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Aug 21, 2022 | Jun 3, 2025 | Apr 15, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Aug 21, 2022
Added
Jun 3, 2025
Modified
Apr 15, 2026
Description
VMware Tools 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
vmware-tools-upgrade-latest
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