ubuntu-cve-2025-22247
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2025-05-12 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:54
Summary
Details

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
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "VMware Tools contains an insecure file handling vulnerability.\u00a0A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM may tamper the local files to trigger insecure file operations within that VM.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22247",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:54:05Z",
  "published": "2025-05-12T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-22247"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-22247"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25683"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/12/2"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7508-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7508-2"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-7508-1",
    "USN-7508-2"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2025-22247"
  ]
}



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