CVE-2022-31676

2022-08-2300:00:00

ubuntu.com

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

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%

JSON

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.

Notes

Author	Note
alexmurray	Patch in email with Message-ID <BYAPR05MB634348FE28845A7AF442BE28B9649@BYAPR05MB6343.namprd05.prod.outlook.com>

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu18.04noarchopen-vm-tools< 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.2UNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchopen-vm-tools< 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3UNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchopen-vm-tools< 2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchopen-vm-tools< 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1) Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-onlyUNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	18.04	noarch	open-vm-tools	< 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.2	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	open-vm-tools	< 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	open-vm-tools	< 2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	16.04	noarch	open-vm-tools	< 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1) Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only	UNKNOWN