CVE-2022-31676

open-vm-tools: local root privilege escalation in the virtual machine

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

VMware Tools (versiones 12.0.0, 11.x.y y 10.x.y) contiene una vulnerabilidad de escalada de privilegios local. Un actor malicioso con acceso local no administrativo al Sistema Operativo invitado puede escalar privilegios como usuario root en la máquina virtual.

A flaw was found in open-vm-tools. A malicious actor with local non-administrative access to the guest operating system can escalate privileges as a root user in the virtual machine.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-05-25 CVE Reserved
2022-08-23 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-250: Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management

CAPEC

References (11)

URL	Tag	Source
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00013.html	Mailing List
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221017-0003	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/23/3	2023-11-07

URL	Date	SRC
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C5VV2R4LV4T3SNQJYRLFD4C75HBDVV76	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O4TZF6QRJIDECGMEGBPXJCHZ6YC3VZ6Z	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZA63DWRW7HROTVBNRIPBJQWBYIYAQMEW	2023-11-07
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-27	2023-11-07
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5215	2023-11-07
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0024.html	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-31676	2022-09-07
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2118714	2022-09-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"	Tools Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Tools"	>= 10.0.0 < 12.1.0 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Tools" and version " >= 10.0.0 < 12.1.0"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"	Tools Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Tools"	>= 10.0.0 < 10.3.25 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Tools" and version " >= 10.0.0 < 10.3.25"	-	Affected	in	Linux Search vendor "Linux"	Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"	-	-	Safe
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"	Tools Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Tools"	>= 11.0.0 < 12.1.0 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Tools" and version " >= 11.0.0 < 12.1.0"	-	Affected	in	Linux Search vendor "Linux"	Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"	-	-	Safe
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				10.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "10.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				11.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "11.0"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				36 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "36"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				37 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "37"		-		Affected
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"		Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility"				-		-		Affected