CVE-2022-31676
open-vm-tools: VMware Tools (12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability
CVE-2022-31676 is fixed in 4 products on 1 platform, first by open-vm-tools 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.2, released August 22, 2022. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.
High
CVSS
7.8
high
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0055
46th percentile
VMware Tools (12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local non-administrative access to the Guest OS can escalate privileges as a root user in the virtual machine.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| open-vm-tools · Debian 11.6 (bullseye) | 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u1 | DSA-5215-1 | Aug 24, 2022 |
| open-vm-tools · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 2:12.1.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-31676 | Aug 23, 2022 |
| open-vm-tools · Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 2:12.1.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-31676 | Aug 23, 2022 |
| open-vm-tools · Debian 14 | 2:12.1.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-31676 | Aug 23, 2022 |
| open-vm-tools · RHEL 8 | 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.1 | RHSA-2022:6357 | Sep 6, 2022 |
| open-vm-tools · RHEL 9 | 0:11.3.5-1.el9_0.1 | RHSA-2022:6358 | Sep 6, 2022 |
| open-vm-tools · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.2 | open-vm-tools 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.2 | Aug 22, 2022 |
| open-vm-tools · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3 | open-vm-tools 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3 | Aug 22, 2022 |
| open-vm-tools · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1 | open-vm-tools 2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1 | Aug 22, 2022 |
| open-vm-tools · almalinux 8 | 11.3.5-1.el8_6.1 | ALSA-2022:6357 | Sep 6, 2022 |
| open-vm-tools · almalinux 9 | 11.3.5-1.el9_0.1 | ALSA-2022:6358 | Sep 6, 2022 |
| open-vm-tools · ol 8 | 0:11.3.5-1.0.1.el8_6.1 | ELSA-2022-6357 | Sep 6, 2022 |
| open-vm-tools · ol 9 | 0:11.3.5-1.0.1.el9_0.1 | ELSA-2022-6358 | Sep 7, 2022 |
| open-vm-tools · rocky 8 | 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.1 | RLSA-2022:6357 | Sep 6, 2022 |
| open-vm-tools · rocky 9 | 0:11.3.5-1.el9_0.1 | RLSA-2022:6358 | Sep 6, 2022 |
| open-vm-tools-desktop · RHEL 8 | 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.1 | RHSA-2022:6357 | Sep 6, 2022 |
| open-vm-tools-desktop · RHEL 9 | 0:11.3.5-1.el9_0.1 | RHSA-2022:6358 | Sep 6, 2022 |
| open-vm-tools-desktop · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.2 | open-vm-tools-desktop 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.2 | Aug 22, 2022 |
| open-vm-tools-desktop · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3 | open-vm-tools-desktop 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3 | Aug 22, 2022 |
| open-vm-tools-desktop · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1 | open-vm-tools-desktop 2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1 | Aug 22, 2022 |
| open-vm-tools-desktop · almalinux 8 | 11.3.5-1.el8_6.1 | ALSA-2022:6357 | Sep 6, 2022 |
| open-vm-tools-desktop · almalinux 9 | 11.3.5-1.el9_0.1 | ALSA-2022:6358 | Sep 6, 2022 |
| open-vm-tools-desktop · ol 8 | 0:11.3.5-1.0.1.el8_6.1 | ELSA-2022-6357 | Sep 6, 2022 |
| open-vm-tools-desktop · ol 9 | 0:11.3.5-1.0.1.el9_0.1 | ELSA-2022-6358 | Sep 7, 2022 |
| open-vm-tools-sdmp · RHEL 8 | 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.1 | RHSA-2022:6357 | Sep 6, 2022 |
| open-vm-tools-sdmp · RHEL 9 | 0:11.3.5-1.el9_0.1 | RHSA-2022:6358 | Sep 6, 2022 |
| open-vm-tools-sdmp · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3 | open-vm-tools-sdmp 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3 | Aug 22, 2022 |
| open-vm-tools-sdmp · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1 | open-vm-tools-sdmp 2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1 | Aug 22, 2022 |
| open-vm-tools-sdmp · almalinux 8 | 11.3.5-1.el8_6.1 | ALSA-2022:6357 | Sep 6, 2022 |
| open-vm-tools-sdmp · almalinux 9 | 11.3.5-1.el9_0.1 | ALSA-2022:6358 | Sep 6, 2022 |
| open-vm-tools-sdmp · ol 8 | 0:11.3.5-1.0.1.el8_6.1 | ELSA-2022-6357 | Sep 6, 2022 |
| open-vm-tools-sdmp · ol 9 | 0:11.3.5-1.0.1.el9_0.1 | ELSA-2022-6358 | Sep 7, 2022 |
| open-vm-tools-test · RHEL 9 | 0:11.3.5-1.el9_0.1 | RHSA-2022:6358 | Sep 6, 2022 |
| open-vm-tools-test · almalinux 9 | 11.3.5-1.el9_0.1 | ALSA-2022:6358 | Sep 6, 2022 |
| open-vm-tools-test · ol 9 | 0:11.3.5-1.0.1.el9_0.1 | ELSA-2022-6358 | Sep 7, 2022 |
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