FKIE_CVE-2025-22247

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-05-12 11:15 - Updated: 2025-11-18 20:15
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
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.
References
security@vmware.comhttps://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25683
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/12/2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/13/2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/24/3
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/25/3
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/25/5
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/26/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00017.html
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