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CVE-2022-22960

7.8 HIGH Known exploited Published 2022-04-13 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VMware Multiple Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability — VMware Multiple Products

VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper permissions in support scripts.

Added to KEV: 2022-04-15
Remediation due: 2022-05-06
Ransomware use: Unknown
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22960

Status: Analyzed
Published: 2022-04-13
Last modified: 2026-06-17
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0): 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses: CWE-732

Description

VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper permissions in support scripts. A malicious actor with local access can escalate privileges to 'root'.

Affected configurations

• vmware cloud foundation (>= 3.0 < 5.0) • vmware identity manager 3.3.3 • vmware identity manager 3.3.4 • vmware identity manager 3.3.5 • vmware identity manager 3.3.6 • vmware vrealize automation 7.6 • vmware vrealize suite lifecycle manager (>= 8.0 < 9.0) • vmware workspace one access 20.10.0.0 • vmware workspace one access 20.10.0.1 • vmware workspace one access 21.08.0.0 • vmware workspace one access 21.08.0.1

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource weakness

References