cve-2022-22977
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-05-24 18:15
Modified
2024-08-03 03:28
Severity ?
Summary
VMware Tools for Windows(12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability. A malicious actor with non-administrative local user privileges in the Windows guest OS, where VMware Tools is installed, may exploit this issue leading to a denial-of-service condition or unintended information disclosure.
References
security@vmware.comhttps://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0015.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0015.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a VMware Tools for Windows Version: VMware Tools for Windows (12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y)
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