# 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.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-31676
- Priority: High
- CVSS: 7.8 (high)
- EPSS: 0.0055
- CISA KEV: not listed
- Exploited (vendor report): no
- Publicly disclosed: no
- Published: Aug 22, 2022

## Description

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

| Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | open-vm-tools Debian 11.6 (bullseye) | 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u1 | [DSA-5215-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/dsa-5215-1.md) | Aug 24, 2022 |
| Linux | open-vm-tools Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 2:12.1.0-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2022-31676](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2022-31676.md) | Aug 23, 2022 |
| Linux | open-vm-tools Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 2:12.1.0-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2022-31676](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2022-31676.md) | Aug 23, 2022 |
| Linux | open-vm-tools Debian 14 | 2:12.1.0-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2022-31676](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2022-31676.md) | Aug 23, 2022 |
| Linux | open-vm-tools RHEL 8 | 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.1 | [RHSA-2022:6357](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-6357.md) | Sep 6, 2022 |
| Linux | open-vm-tools RHEL 9 | 0:11.3.5-1.el9_0.1 | [RHSA-2022:6358](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-6358.md) | Sep 6, 2022 |
| Linux | 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](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-open-vm-tools-2-11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Aug 22, 2022 |
| Linux | 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](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-focal-open-vm-tools-2-11.3.0-2ubuntu0-ubuntu20.04.3.md) | Aug 22, 2022 |
| Linux | open-vm-tools Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1 | [open-vm-tools 2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-jammy-open-vm-tools-2-11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1.md) | Aug 22, 2022 |
| Linux | open-vm-tools almalinux 8 | 11.3.5-1.el8_6.1 | [ALSA-2022:6357](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2022-6357.md) | Sep 6, 2022 |
| Linux | open-vm-tools almalinux 9 | 11.3.5-1.el9_0.1 | [ALSA-2022:6358](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2022-6358.md) | Sep 6, 2022 |
| Linux | open-vm-tools ol 8 | 0:11.3.5-1.0.1.el8_6.1 | [ELSA-2022-6357](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-6357.md) | Sep 6, 2022 |
| Linux | open-vm-tools ol 9 | 0:11.3.5-1.0.1.el9_0.1 | [ELSA-2022-6358](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-6358.md) | Sep 7, 2022 |
| Linux | open-vm-tools rocky 8 | 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.1 | [RLSA-2022:6357](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rlsa-2022-6357.md) | Sep 6, 2022 |
| Linux | open-vm-tools rocky 9 | 0:11.3.5-1.el9_0.1 | [RLSA-2022:6358](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rlsa-2022-6358.md) | Sep 6, 2022 |
| Linux | open-vm-tools-desktop RHEL 8 | 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.1 | [RHSA-2022:6357](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-6357.md) | Sep 6, 2022 |
| Linux | open-vm-tools-desktop RHEL 9 | 0:11.3.5-1.el9_0.1 | [RHSA-2022:6358](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-6358.md) | Sep 6, 2022 |
| Linux | 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](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-open-vm-tools-desktop-2-11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.2.md) | Aug 22, 2022 |
| Linux | 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](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-focal-open-vm-tools-desktop-2-11.3.0-2ubuntu0-ubuntu20.04.3.md) | Aug 22, 2022 |
| Linux | 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](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-jammy-open-vm-tools-desktop-2-11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1.md) | Aug 22, 2022 |
| Linux | open-vm-tools-desktop almalinux 8 | 11.3.5-1.el8_6.1 | [ALSA-2022:6357](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2022-6357.md) | Sep 6, 2022 |
| Linux | open-vm-tools-desktop almalinux 9 | 11.3.5-1.el9_0.1 | [ALSA-2022:6358](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2022-6358.md) | Sep 6, 2022 |
| Linux | open-vm-tools-desktop ol 8 | 0:11.3.5-1.0.1.el8_6.1 | [ELSA-2022-6357](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-6357.md) | Sep 6, 2022 |
| Linux | open-vm-tools-desktop ol 9 | 0:11.3.5-1.0.1.el9_0.1 | [ELSA-2022-6358](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-6358.md) | Sep 7, 2022 |
| Linux | open-vm-tools-sdmp RHEL 8 | 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.1 | [RHSA-2022:6357](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-6357.md) | Sep 6, 2022 |
| Linux | open-vm-tools-sdmp RHEL 9 | 0:11.3.5-1.el9_0.1 | [RHSA-2022:6358](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-6358.md) | Sep 6, 2022 |
| Linux | 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](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-focal-open-vm-tools-sdmp-2-11.3.0-2ubuntu0-ubuntu20.04.3.md) | Aug 22, 2022 |
| Linux | 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](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-jammy-open-vm-tools-sdmp-2-11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1.md) | Aug 22, 2022 |
| Linux | open-vm-tools-sdmp almalinux 8 | 11.3.5-1.el8_6.1 | [ALSA-2022:6357](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2022-6357.md) | Sep 6, 2022 |
| Linux | open-vm-tools-sdmp almalinux 9 | 11.3.5-1.el9_0.1 | [ALSA-2022:6358](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2022-6358.md) | Sep 6, 2022 |
| Linux | open-vm-tools-sdmp ol 8 | 0:11.3.5-1.0.1.el8_6.1 | [ELSA-2022-6357](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-6357.md) | Sep 6, 2022 |
| Linux | open-vm-tools-sdmp ol 9 | 0:11.3.5-1.0.1.el9_0.1 | [ELSA-2022-6358](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-6358.md) | Sep 7, 2022 |
| Linux | open-vm-tools-test RHEL 9 | 0:11.3.5-1.el9_0.1 | [RHSA-2022:6358](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-6358.md) | Sep 6, 2022 |
| Linux | open-vm-tools-test almalinux 9 | 11.3.5-1.el9_0.1 | [ALSA-2022:6358](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2022-6358.md) | Sep 6, 2022 |
| Linux | open-vm-tools-test ol 9 | 0:11.3.5-1.0.1.el9_0.1 | [ELSA-2022-6358](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-6358.md) | Sep 7, 2022 |

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