Incorrect Privilege Assignment Affecting open-vm-tools-debuginfo package, versions <0:12.3.0-1.amzn2023.0.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-OPENVMTOOLSDEBUGINFO-10294279
  • published3 Jun 2025
  • disclosed12 May 2025

Introduced: 12 May 2025

CVE-2025-22247  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-266  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 open-vm-tools-debuginfo to version 0:12.3.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2025-982.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream open-vm-tools-debuginfo package and not the open-vm-tools-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1