CVE-2022-31676
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.8)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.54%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 43
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (4)
CWE
- CWE-269
Referencias
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/23/3
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00013.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C5VV2R4LV4T3SNQJYRLFD4C75HBDVV76/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O4TZF6QRJIDECGMEGBPXJCHZ6YC3VZ6Z/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZA63DWRW7HROTVBNRIPBJQWBYIYAQMEW/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-27
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221017-0003/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5215
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0024.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/23/3
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00013.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C5VV2R4LV4T3SNQJYRLFD4C75HBDVV76/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O4TZF6QRJIDECGMEGBPXJCHZ6YC3VZ6Z/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZA63DWRW7HROTVBNRIPBJQWBYIYAQMEW/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-27
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221017-0003/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5215
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0024.html
JSON original (NVD)
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