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GHSA-8R7C-VJV4-WP6X

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-04-14 00:00 – Updated: 2025-10-22 00:32

Details

VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper permissions in support scripts. A malicious actor with local access can escalate privileges to 'root'.

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2022-22960 (GCVE-0-2022-22960)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-04-13 00:00 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:15

Summary

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

Privilege escalation

Assigner

vmware

References

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	https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2…
	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171918/Mware…
	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171918/VMwar…
	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171935/VMwar…

Impacted products

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	n/a	VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation	Affected: Access 21.08.0.1, 21.08.0.0, 20.10.0.1, 20.10.0.0. Identity Manager 3.3.6, 3.3.5, 3.3.4, 3.3.3. vRealize Automation 7.6.

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-8R7C-VJV4-WP6X

CVE-2022-22960 (GCVE-0-2022-22960)

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