CVE-2025-22247 json
Insecure file handling vulnerability
published 2025-05-12 17 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-14280
- cvss
- 6.1
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 19%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- n/a VMware Tools 12.5.2
- open-vm-tools Debian 12 2:12.2.0-1+deb12u3
- open-vm-tools Debian 14, Debian 13 2:12.5.0-2
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-22247
- open-vm-tools Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.8
- open-vm-tools Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2
- open-vm-tools Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 2:12.4.5-1~ubuntu0.24.04.2
- open-vm-tools Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm5
- open-vm-tools Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm4
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22247
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- open-vm-tools RHEL 8 12.3.5-2.el8_10.2
- open-vm-tools-sdmp RHEL 8 12.3.5-2.el8_10.2
- open-vm-tools-desktop RHEL 8 12.3.5-2.el8_10.2
- open-vm-tools-salt-minion RHEL 8 12.3.5-2.el8_10.2
- open-vm-tools RHEL 9 13.0.0-1.el9_7.1
- open-vm-tools-sdmp RHEL 9 13.0.0-1.el9_7.1
- open-vm-tools-test RHEL 9 13.0.0-1.el9_7.1
- open-vm-tools-desktop RHEL 9 13.0.0-1.el9_7.1
red hat advisories RHBA-2026:0860RHBA-2025:20841
- open-vm-tools Linux Micro 6.1 12.5.2-slfo.1.1_1.1
- open-vm-tools Linux Micro 6.0 12.5.2-1.1
- open-vm-tools SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP6, SLE Module for Containers 15 SP7 +4 more 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
- open-vm-tools SLE Micro 5.5, SLE Micro 5.4, SLE Micro 5.3 +2 more 12.5.2-150300.58.1
- open-vm-tools SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 12.5.2-4.83.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:20452-1SUSE-SU-2025:20379-1SUSE-SU-2025:01778-1SUSE-SU-2025:01565-1SUSE-SU-2025:01658-1SUSE-SU-2025:1565-1
- open-vm-tools openSUSE Tumbleweed 12.5.2-1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:15090-1
- open-vm-tools AlmaLinux 9 13.0.0-1.el9_7.1
- open-vm-tools-sdmp AlmaLinux 9 13.0.0-1.el9_7.1
- open-vm-tools-test AlmaLinux 9 13.0.0-1.el9_7.1
- open-vm-tools-desktop AlmaLinux 9 13.0.0-1.el9_7.1
- open-vm-tools-salt-minion AlmaLinux 9 13.0.0-1.el9_7.1
- open-vm-tools AlmaLinux 8 12.3.5-2.el8.alma.1
- open-vm-tools-sdmp AlmaLinux 8 12.3.5-2.el8.alma.1
- open-vm-tools-test AlmaLinux 8 12.3.5-2.el8.alma.1
almalinux advisories ALBA-2025:20841ALSA-2025:A001ALSA-2025:A002ALSA-2025:A003
- open-vm-tools CBL-Mariner 2.0 11.3.0-4
- open-vm-tools Azure Linux 3.0 12.3.5-2
azure linux advisories AZL-67797AZL-67806
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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-2025-22247 updated cvss 6.1
open-vm-tools: Insecure file handling
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 open-vm-tools, open-vm-tools-test, open-vm-tools-desktopaffected: workaround, no fix planned “Currently, no mitigation is available for this vulnerability.”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 open-vm-tools Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8, openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9affected: workaround, no fix available “Currently, no mitigation is available for this vulnerability.”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) open-vm-tools 12.3.5-2.el8_10.2, open-vm-tools-sdmp 12.3.5-2.el8_10.2, open-vm-tools-desktop 12.3.5-2.el8_10.2, open-vm-tools-salt-minion 12.3.5-2.el8_10.2fixed: vendor fix “Currently, no mitigation is available for this vulnerability.” RHBA-2026:0860
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) open-vm-tools 13.0.0-1.el9_7.1, open-vm-tools-sdmp 13.0.0-1.el9_7.1, open-vm-tools-test 13.0.0-1.el9_7.1, open-vm-tools-desktop 13.0.0-1.el9_7.1, open-vm-tools-salt-minion 13.0.0-1.el9_7.1fixed: vendor fix “Currently, no mitigation is available for this vulnerability.” RHBA-2025:20841
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CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 17 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N |
Affected products
- n/a VMware Tools
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access
- Technology feeds
References
- support.broadcom.com /web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25683
- openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2025/05/12/2
- openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2025/05/13/2
- lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00017.html
- openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2025/09/24/3
- openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2025/09/25/3
- openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2025/09/25/5
- openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2025/09/26/1
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-22247
- NVD CVE-2025-22247
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