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CVE-2022-22943

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Published at: - 03-03-2022 11:15
Last modified: - 17-03-2022 08:03
Total changes: - 3

Description

VMware Tools for Windows (11.x.y and 10.x.y prior to 12.0.0) contains an uncontrolled search path vulnerability. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges in the Windows guest OS, where VMware Tools is installed, may be able to execute code with system privileges in the Windows guest OS due to an uncontrolled search path element.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Low
Attack complexity
Local
Attack vector
High
Availability
High
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Privileges required
Unchanged
Scope
None
User interaction
6.7
Base score
0.8
5.9
Exploitability score
Impact score
 

Verification logic

OR
vendor=vmware AND product=tools AND software_edition=windows AND versionStartIncluding=10.0.0 AND versionEndExcluding=12.0.0
 

Reference

 


Keywords

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