CVEvulnerability
CVE-2025-22247
6.1 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2025-05-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
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.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25683 support.broadcom.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/12/2 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/13/2 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/24/3 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/25/3 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/25/5 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/26/1 www.openwall.com
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00017.html lists.debian.org