CVE-2022-31676
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-31676
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-31676.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2022-31676
- Downstream
- Related
- Withdrawn
- 2026-01-27T04:18:27.785272Z
- Published
- 2022-08-23T20:15:08Z
- Modified
- 2026-01-27T04:18:27.785272Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/23/3
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00013.html
- 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
- 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/