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The vulnerability in the set of VMware Tools relates to incorrect definition of the link before accessing the file, allowing an attacker to escalate their privileges.

🗓️ 19 May 2025 00:00:00Reported by FSTEC of Russia — Information Security Threat DatabaseType 
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A VMware Tools vulnerability allows privilege escalation due to incorrect link definition before file access.

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Tenable Nessus		Amazon Linux 2023 : open-vm-tools, open-vm-tools-desktop, open-vm-tools-devel (ALAS2023-2025-982)
2 Jun 202500:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Amazon Linux 2 : open-vm-tools (ALAS-2025-2864)
29 May 202500:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0019: open-vm-tools (ALINUX3-SA-2026:0019)
2 Feb 202600:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Debian dla-4165 : open-vm-tools - security update
15 May 202500:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Debian dsa-5919 : open-vm-tools - security update
15 May 202500:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Fedora 42 : open-vm-tools (2025-23653a72d9)
3 Jul 202500:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Fedora 41 : open-vm-tools (2025-a6305306dd)
25 May 202500:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		MiracleLinux 8 : open-vm-tools-12.3.5-2.el8_10.2 (AXBA:2026-083:01)
27 Jan 202600:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Photon OS 4.0: Open PHSA-2025-4.0-0797
19 May 202500:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Photon OS 5.0: Open PHSA-2025-5.0-0523
19 May 202500:00
–nessus
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security-trackerwww.security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-22247
openwallwww.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/13/2
openwallwww.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/12/2
supportwww.support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25683
githubwww.github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/tree/CVE-2025-22247.patch
wikiwww.wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se17-bulletin-2025-0923SE17
altspwww.altsp.su/obnovleniya-bezopasnosti/
wikiwww.wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se47-bulletin-2025-1020SE47
wikiwww.wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se18-bulletin-2025-1113SE18
xn--80ahaefyxhnwww.xn--80ahaefyxhn.xn--j1afgaq.xn--p1ai/bin/view/%D0%9E%D0%A1%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0/%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F/3.1/
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20 Apr 2026 00:00Current
6.6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.6
CVSS 25.2
CVSS 36.1
EPSS0.00247
VMware ToolsPrivilege escalationIncorrect link definitionFile access
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