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

Open VM Tools vulnerability

2022-08-2400:00:00
ubuntu.com
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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 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 16.04 ESM

Packages

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

Details

USN-5578-1 fixed a vulnerability in Open VM Tools. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory 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
Ubuntu16.04noarchopen-vm-tools< 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchopen-vm-tools< 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchopen-vm-tools-dbgsym< 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchopen-vm-tools-desktop< 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchopen-vm-tools-desktop-dbgsym< 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchopen-vm-tools-dev< 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1UNKNOWN

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 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%