Known Exploited Vulnerability
9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2025-22224
VMware ESXi and Workstation TOCTOU Race Condition - [Actively Exploited]
Description

VMware ESXi, and Workstation contain a TOCTOU (Time-of-Check Time-of-Use) vulnerability that leads to an out-of-bounds write. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host.

INFO

Published Date :

March 4, 2025, 12:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

March 5, 2025, 2 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

6.0

Exploitability Score :

2.5
CISA Notification
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

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Description :

VMware ESXi and Workstation contain a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition vulnerability that leads to an out-of-bounds write. Successful exploitation enables an attacker with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host.

Required Action :

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Notes :

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25390 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22224

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-22224 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 Vmware workstation
2 Vmware esxi
3 Vmware cloud_foundation
4 Vmware telco_cloud_platform
5 Vmware telco_cloud_infrastructure
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 5
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-2025-22224.

URL Resource
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25390

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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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2025-22224 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • The Cyber Express
CISA Expands Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with Four Critical Issues

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has recently updated its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog with four new vulnerabilities, adding to the growing list of cyber ri ... Read more

Published Date: Mar 05, 2025 (3 days, 11 hours ago)
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  • Cyber Security News
CISA Warns of Actively Exploited VMware Vulnerabilities, Urges Immediate Patching

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an urgent alert on March 4, 2025, adding three critical VMware vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) cata ... Read more

Published Date: Mar 05, 2025 (3 days, 12 hours ago)
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  • TheCyberThrone
CISA KEV Catalog update Part II – March 2025

On March 4, 2025, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) expanded its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, including four additional vulnerabilities. These vulnerabiliti ... Read more

Published Date: Mar 05, 2025 (3 days, 23 hours ago)
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  • Cybersecurity News
SharePoint Shadow: Havoc’s FUD Malware Conceals Cyber Attacks

Attack flow | Source: FortiGuard LabsA recent report from FortiGuard Labs has shed light on an advanced cyber campaign leveraging the open-source Havoc command-and-control (C2) framework to execute fu ... Read more

Published Date: Mar 05, 2025 (3 days, 23 hours ago)
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  • Dark Reading
3 VMware Zero-Day Bugs Allow Sandbox Escape

Source: T. Schneider via ShutterstockBroadcom wants customers of its VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion technologies to immediately apply patches it issued this week for three critical vulnerabiliti ... Read more

Published Date: Mar 04, 2025 (4 days, 1 hour ago)
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  • The Register
VMware splats guest-to-hypervisor escape bugs already exploited in wild

Broadcom today pushed out patches for three VMware hypervisor-hijacking bugs, including one rated critical, that have already been found and exploited by criminals. The vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE ... Read more

Published Date: Mar 04, 2025 (4 days, 4 hours ago)
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  • The Hacker News
VMware Security Flaws Exploited in the Wild—Broadcom Releases Urgent Patches

Vulnerability / Cloud Security Broadcom has released security updates to address three actively exploited security flaws in VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion products that could lead to code execut ... Read more

Published Date: Mar 04, 2025 (4 days, 10 hours ago)
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  • BleepingComputer
Broadcom fixes three VMware zero-days exploited in attacks

Broadcom warned customers today about three VMware zero-days, tagged as exploited in attacks and reported by the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center. The vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-22224, CVE-2025-222 ... Read more

Published Date: Mar 04, 2025 (4 days, 10 hours ago)
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  • security.nl
Broadcom dicht drie actief misbruikte kwetsbaarheden in VMware

Broadcam heeft vandaag drie kwetsbaarheden in verschillende VMware-producten gedicht waarvan misbruik al voor het uitkomen van de patches heeft plaatsgevonden. Via de kwetsbaarheden kunnen aanvallers ... Read more

Published Date: Mar 04, 2025 (4 days, 11 hours ago)
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  • Cyber Security News
VMware ESXi Vulnerabilities Exploited in Wild to Execute Malicious Code

VMware has issued a critical security advisory (VMSA-2025-0004) warning of active exploitation of three vulnerabilities in its ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion products. These flaws, CVE-2025-22224, CVE- ... Read more

Published Date: Mar 04, 2025 (4 days, 12 hours ago)
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  • Cybersecurity News
CVE-2025-22224, CVE-2025-22225, CVE-2025-22226: Critical VMware Vulnerabilities Exploited

Broadcom, the parent company of VMware, has released a critical security advisory (VMSA-2025-0004) detailing multiple vulnerabilities affecting VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion. The advisory warns ... Read more

Published Date: Mar 04, 2025 (4 days, 12 hours ago)
CVE-2025-22226 CVE-2025-22225 CVE-2025-22224 CVE-2024-38814

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-22224 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.

  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 05, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-367
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_1a:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_1b:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_2a:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_2c:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_2d:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_1d:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_1c:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3c:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3d:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3e:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_2e:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_1e:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3g:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3f:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:update_2c:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:update_1d:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:update_2b:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:update_1c:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:update_1a:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:c:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:b:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:a:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3i:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3j:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3k:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3l:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3m:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3n:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3o:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3p:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3q:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3r:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:update_3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:update_3b:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:update_3c:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 17.0 from (excluding) 17.6.3 *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:telco_cloud_infrastructure:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:telco_cloud_infrastructure:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:telco_cloud_infrastructure:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:telco_cloud_infrastructure:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:telco_cloud_platform:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:telco_cloud_platform:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:telco_cloud_platform:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:telco_cloud_platform:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:telco_cloud_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:telco_cloud_platform:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:telco_cloud_platform:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added Reference Type VMware: https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25390 Types: Vendor Advisory
  • CVE CISA KEV Update by 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725

    Mar. 05, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Date Added 2025-03-04
    Added Due Date 2025-03-25
    Added Required Action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
    Added Vulnerability Name VMware ESXi and Workstation TOCTOU Race Condition Vulnerability
  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Mar. 04, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE CWE-367
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Mar. 04, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description VMware ESXi, and Workstation contain a TOCTOU (Time-of-Check Time-of-Use) vulnerability that leads to an out-of-bounds write. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added Reference https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25390
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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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-2025-22224 weaknesses.

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