7.8
HIGH
CVE-2022-31676
VMware Tools Local Privilege Escalation
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 23, 2022, 8:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:47 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2022-31676 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2022-31676 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Netapp ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility
1 Vmware tools
: Total Affected Vendor : 4 | Products : 4
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2022-31676.

URL Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/23/3 Mailing List Patch Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00013.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C5VV2R4LV4T3SNQJYRLFD4C75HBDVV76/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O4TZF6QRJIDECGMEGBPXJCHZ6YC3VZ6Z/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZA63DWRW7HROTVBNRIPBJQWBYIYAQMEW/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-27 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221017-0003/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5215 Third Party Advisory
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0024.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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johnwvmw/open-vm-tools

Fedora open-vm-tools packahing.

Updated: 2 years, 5 months ago
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Born at : March 27, 2022, 2:59 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2022-31676 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2022-31676 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference VMware https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O4TZF6QRJIDECGMEGBPXJCHZ6YC3VZ6Z/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference VMware https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C5VV2R4LV4T3SNQJYRLFD4C75HBDVV76/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference VMware https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZA63DWRW7HROTVBNRIPBJQWBYIYAQMEW/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference VMware https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/O4TZF6QRJIDECGMEGBPXJCHZ6YC3VZ6Z/
    Removed Reference VMware https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/C5VV2R4LV4T3SNQJYRLFD4C75HBDVV76/
    Removed Reference VMware https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZA63DWRW7HROTVBNRIPBJQWBYIYAQMEW/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 16, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-27 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-27 Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 31, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-27 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 27, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/C5VV2R4LV4T3SNQJYRLFD4C75HBDVV76/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/C5VV2R4LV4T3SNQJYRLFD4C75HBDVV76/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/O4TZF6QRJIDECGMEGBPXJCHZ6YC3VZ6Z/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/O4TZF6QRJIDECGMEGBPXJCHZ6YC3VZ6Z/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZA63DWRW7HROTVBNRIPBJQWBYIYAQMEW/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZA63DWRW7HROTVBNRIPBJQWBYIYAQMEW/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221017-0003/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221017-0003/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 18, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221017-0003/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 17, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZA63DWRW7HROTVBNRIPBJQWBYIYAQMEW/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 14, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/C5VV2R4LV4T3SNQJYRLFD4C75HBDVV76/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 08, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/O4TZF6QRJIDECGMEGBPXJCHZ6YC3VZ6Z/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 29, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/23/3 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/23/3 Mailing List, Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00013.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00013.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5215 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5215 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0024.html No Types Assigned https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0024.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-269
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 10.0.0 up to (excluding) 12.1.0 OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 10.0.0 up to (excluding) 10.3.25 *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 11.0.0 up to (excluding) 12.1.0 OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 25, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00013.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5215 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/23/3 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2022-31676 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2022-31676 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.05635

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
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