Execution with Unnecessary Privileges Affecting open-vm-tools-test package, versions <0:11.0.5-3.el7_9.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-OPENVMTOOLSTEST-2991584
  • published24 Aug 2022
  • disclosed23 Aug 2022

Introduced: 23 Aug 2022

CVE-2022-31676  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-250  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 open-vm-tools-test to version 0:11.0.5-3.el7_9.4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream open-vm-tools-test package and not the open-vm-tools-test package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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