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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2022-31676 json

VMware Tools (12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability.

published 2022-08-23 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-53104

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • vmware tools 10.3.25, 12.1.0
  • open-vm-tools Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:12.1.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-31676

  • open-vm-tools Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.2
  • open-vm-tools Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3
  • open-vm-tools Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1
  • open-vm-tools Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-31676

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  • open-vm-tools RHEL 7 11.0.5-3.el7_9.4
  • open-vm-tools-test RHEL 7 11.0.5-3.el7_9.4
  • open-vm-tools-desktop RHEL 7 11.0.5-3.el7_9.4
  • open-vm-tools RHEL 9 11.3.5-1.el9_0.1
  • open-vm-tools-sdmp RHEL 9 11.3.5-1.el9_0.1
  • open-vm-tools-test RHEL 9 11.3.5-1.el9_0.1
  • open-vm-tools-desktop RHEL 9 11.3.5-1.el9_0.1
  • open-vm-tools RHEL 8 11.3.5-1.el8_6.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2022:6381RHSA-2022:6355RHSA-2022:6358RHSA-2022:6356RHSA-2022:6357RHSA-2022:6354

  • open-vm-tools SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES 15 SP1-LTSS, SLES 15 SP1-BCL +3 more 11.3.5-150100.4.37.13.1
  • open-vm-tools SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP2-LTSS, SLES 15 SP2-BCL +6 more 11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
  • open-vm-tools SLES 12 SP3-BCL 10.3.10-3.34.1
  • open-vm-tools SLES for SAP 15, SLE High Performance Computing 15-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS 11.0.5-150000.3.29.1
  • open-vm-tools SLES 12 SP2-BCL 10.2.0-9.9.1
  • open-vm-tools SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP3, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 +6 more 12.1.0-150300.19.1
  • open-vm-tools SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP5 +3 more 12.1.0-4.45.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:2986-1SUSE-SU-2022:2985-1SUSE-SU-2022:2962-1SUSE-SU-2022:2961-1SUSE-SU-2022:2940-1SUSE-SU-2022:2936-2

  • open-vm-tools openSUSE Tumbleweed 12.1.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12288-1

  • open-vm-tools AlmaLinux 8 11.3.5-1.el8_6.1
  • open-vm-tools-sdmp AlmaLinux 8 11.3.5-1.el8_6.1
  • open-vm-tools-desktop AlmaLinux 8 11.3.5-1.el8_6.1
  • open-vm-tools AlmaLinux 9 11.3.5-1.el9_0.1
  • open-vm-tools-sdmp AlmaLinux 9 11.3.5-1.el9_0.1
  • open-vm-tools-test AlmaLinux 9 11.3.5-1.el9_0.1
  • open-vm-tools-desktop AlmaLinux 9 11.3.5-1.el9_0.1

almalinux advisories ALSA-2022:6357ALSA-2022:6358

  • open-vm-tools Rocky Linux 9 11.3.5-1.el9_0.1
  • open-vm-tools Rocky Linux 8 11.3.5-1.el8_6.1

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2022:6358RLSA-2022:6357

  • open-vm-tools Alpine 3.14 11.2.5-r1
  • open-vm-tools Alpine 3.15 11.3.5-r2
  • open-vm-tools Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +6 more 12.1.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2022-31676

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-31676 updated cvss 7.0

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

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) open-vm-tools 11.3.5-1.el8_6.1, open-vm-tools-sdmp 11.3.5-1.el8_6.1, open-vm-tools-desktop 11.3.5-1.el8_6.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:6357
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) open-vm-tools 11.3.5-1.el9_0.1, open-vm-tools-sdmp 11.3.5-1.el9_0.1, open-vm-tools-test 11.3.5-1.el9_0.1, open-vm-tools-desktop 11.3.5-1.el9_0.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:6358
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.1) open-vm-tools 10.3.10-3.el8_1.3, open-vm-tools-desktop 10.3.10-3.el8_1.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:6354
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.2) open-vm-tools 11.0.0-4.el8_2.1, open-vm-tools-desktop 11.0.0-4.el8_2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:6355
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.4) open-vm-tools 11.2.0-2.el8_4.1, open-vm-tools-sdmp 11.2.0-2.el8_4.1, open-vm-tools-desktop 11.2.0-2.el8_4.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:6356
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) open-vm-tools 11.0.5-3.el7_9.4, open-vm-tools-test 11.0.5-3.el7_9.4, open-vm-tools-desktop 11.0.5-3.el7_9.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) open-vm-tools 11.0.5-3.el7_9.4, open-vm-tools-test 11.0.5-3.el7_9.4, open-vm-tools-desktop 11.0.5-3.el7_9.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) open-vm-tools 11.0.5-3.el7_9.4, open-vm-tools-test 11.0.5-3.el7_9.4, open-vm-tools-desktop 11.0.5-3.el7_9.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) open-vm-tools 11.0.5-3.el7_9.4, open-vm-tools-test 11.0.5-3.el7_9.4, open-vm-tools-desktop 11.0.5-3.el7_9.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) open-vm-tools 11.0.5-3.el7_9.4, open-vm-tools-test 11.0.5-3.el7_9.4, open-vm-tools-desktop 11.0.5-3.el7_9.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) open-vm-tools 11.0.5-3.el7_9.4, open-vm-tools-test 11.0.5-3.el7_9.4, open-vm-tools-desktop 11.0.5-3.el7_9.4
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) open-vm-tools 11.0.5-3.el7_9.4, open-vm-tools-test 11.0.5-3.el7_9.4, open-vm-tools-desktop 11.0.5-3.el7_9.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:6381

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cisa ICSA-24-102-04 updated cvss 7.8

Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808

  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808
    affected: vendor fix

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • n/a VMware Tools

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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