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HistoryAug 24, 2022 - 12:00 a.m.

Open VM Tools vulnerability

2022-08-2400:00:00
ubuntu.com
61

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

8.1 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

4.3 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.3%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 18.04 ESM

Packages

  • open-vm-tools - Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware

Details

It was discovered that Open VM Tools incorrectly handled certain requests.
An attacker inside the guest could possibly use this issue to gain root
privileges inside the virtual machine.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu22.04noarchopen-vm-tools< 2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu22.04noarchopen-vm-tools-dbgsym< 2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu22.04noarchopen-vm-tools-desktop< 2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu22.04noarchopen-vm-tools-desktop-dbgsym< 2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu22.04noarchopen-vm-tools-dev< 2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu22.04noarchopen-vm-tools-sdmp< 2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu22.04noarchopen-vm-tools-sdmp-dbgsym< 2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu20.04noarchopen-vm-tools< 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3UNKNOWN
Ubuntu20.04noarchopen-vm-tools-dbgsym< 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3UNKNOWN
Ubuntu20.04noarchopen-vm-tools-desktop< 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3UNKNOWN
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7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

8.1 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

4.3 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.3%