CVE-2022-22943

2022-03-0321:59:08

vmware

www.cve.org

6.9 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

12.6%

JSON

VMware Tools for Windows (11.x.y and 10.x.y prior to 12.0.0) contains an uncontrolled search path vulnerability. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges in the Windows guest OS, where VMware Tools is installed, may be able to execute code with system privileges in the Windows guest OS due to an uncontrolled search path element.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "VMware Tools for Windows",
    "vendor": "n/a",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "VMware Tools for Windows (11.x.y and 10.x.y prior to 12.0.0)"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References

www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0007.html