CVE-2025-22247 (GCVE-0-2025-22247)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-12 10:46 – Updated: 2025-11-18 20:05
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Summary
VMware Tools contains an insecure file handling vulnerability. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM may tamper the local files to trigger insecure file operations within that VM.
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a VMware Tools Affected: 12.x.x, 11.x.x , < 12.5.2 (custom)
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