FKIE_CVE-2025-22230

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-03-25 14:15 - Updated: 2025-03-27 16:45
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
VMware Tools for Windows contains an authentication bypass vulnerability due to improper access control. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM may gain ability to perform certain high privilege operations within that VM.
References
security@vmware.comhttps://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25518
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  "lastModified": "2025-03-27T16:45:46.410",
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