CVE-2021-21999

Affected products: VMware Tools for Windows (11.x.y before 11.2.6), VMware Remote Console for Windows (12.x before 12.0.1), and VMware App Volumes (2.x before 2.18.10 and 4 before 2103). Root cause: local privilege escalation via placing a malicious file named openssl.cnf in an unrestricted direc...

CVE-2022-31676

Summary: CVE-2022-31676 affects VMware Tools / open-vm-tools (versions including 12.0.0, 11.x.y, 10.x.y). A local non-administrative guest OS user can escalate privileges to root inside the VM. Root cause / impact: Local privilege escalation within the guest VM as described in multiple security a...

CVE-2023-20900

CVE-2023-20900 is a vulnerability in Open VMware Tools (open-vm-tools) where a malicious actor with Guest Operation Privileges may elevate to a higher privilege via a more-privileged Guest Alias in the VM. The connected documents confirm Open VM Tools is affected and describe a SAML token signatu...

CVE-2023-34058

CVE-2023-34058 affects open-vm-tools/VMware Tools. A SAML token signature bypass in VMware Tools can enable privilege elevation when a VM’s Guest Operation Privileges and a higher-privilege Guest Alias are involved. Multiple connected advisories confirm open-vm-tools as the affected component acr...

CVE-2025-41244

CVE-2025-41244 covers a local privilege-escalation in Open VM Tools used with VMware Aria Operations; a non-administrative local user with access to a VM that has VMware Tools (SDMP enabled) can escalate to root within the same VM. Affected component: open-vm-tools bundled with VMware Tools; root...

CVE-2019-5522

CVE-2019-5522 concerns VMware Tools for Windows. The vulnerability is an out-of-bounds read in the vm3dmp driver installed with VMware Tools, affecting VMware Tools for Windows versions 10.2.x and 10.3.x prior to 10.3.10. A local attacker with non-administrative access in a Windows guest could le...

CVE-2022-22977

CVE-2022-22977 affects VMware Tools for Windows (12.0.0, 11.x.y, 10.x.y). It is an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the VMware VGAuthService component used by the guest VM tools, exploitable by a non‑administrative local user to cause denial of service and potentially disclose informati...

CVE-2022-22943

CVE-2022-22943 affects VMware Tools for Windows 11.x.y and 10.x.y prior to 12.0.0, where an uncontrolled search path element can be leveraged by a local administrator in the Windows guest to run code with SYSTEM privileges. The issue is attributed to insufficient/unspecified path handling in VMwa...

CVE-2023-34057

CVE-2023-34057 affects VMware Tools. A local user within a guest VM could escalate privileges in the VM. The vulnerability is addressed by updates to VMware Tools (e.g., versions 12.1.1 and 12.3.5 per advisories) with remediation guidance in VMSA-2023-0024; exploitation details are not provided i...

CVE-2020-3941

CVE-2020-3941 boils down to a race-condition in the repair operation of VMware Tools for Windows (10.x.y), which may enable local privilege escalation in the guest VM. VMware notes the vulnerability is not present in Tools 11.x.y, where the affected functionality is removed. Affected remediation ...

CVE-2016-5330

CVE-2016-5330 describes a local privilege-escalation in VMware HGFS (Shared Folders) where a Trojan horse DLL loaded from the current working directory or other insecure paths can be executed with the rights of the affected guest/user. The vulnerability affects multiple VMware products and versio...

CVE-2018-6969

CVE-2018-6969 affects VMware Tools 10.x and earlier (before 10.3.0). The vulnerability is an out-of-bounds read in the HGFS Shared Folders feature. Successful exploitation may lead to information disclosure or privilege escalation on the guest VM when Shared Folders is enabled. Public sources (VM...

CVE-2016-7079

VMware Tools on macOS (OS X) 9.x and 10.x are affected by CVE-2016-7079 and CVE-2016-7080. The graphic acceleration functions allow a local attacker to gain privileges or cause a denial of service via NULL pointer dereference, via unspecified vectors. The vulnerability is fixed in 10.0.9 for the ...

CVE-2016-7080

CVE-2016-7080 affects VMware Tools on macOS (OS X) where the graphic acceleration functions in VMware Tools 9.x and 10.x are vulnerable before version 10.0.9. The vulnerability allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors, caused by a NULL pointer der...