CVE-2022-22943

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Last Modified on: 03/17/2022 07:03:00 PM UTC

CVE-2022-22943

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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Certain versions of Tools from Vmware contain the following vulnerability:

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.

  • CVE-2022-22943 has been assigned by URL Logo secu[email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as MEDIUM severity.

CVSS3 Score: 6.7 - MEDIUM

Attack
Vector ⓘ		 Attack
Complexity		 Privileges
Required		 User
Interaction
LOCAL LOW HIGH NONE
Scope Confidentiality
Impact		 Integrity
Impact		 Availability
Impact
UNCHANGED HIGH HIGH HIGH

CVSS2 Score: 7.2 - HIGH

Access
Vector ⓘ		 Access
Complexity		 Authentication
LOCAL LOW NONE
Confidentiality
Impact		 Integrity
Impact		 Availability
Impact
COMPLETE COMPLETE COMPLETE

CVE References

Description Tags ⓘ Link
VMSA-2022-0007 www.vmware.com
text/html
 URL Logo MISC www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0007.html
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Related QID Numbers

  • 376442 VMware Tools Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability (VMSA-2022-0007)

Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
ApplicationVmwareToolsAllAllAllAll
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*:*:

Social Mentions

Source Title Posted (UTC)
Twitter Icon @catnap707 Windows向け「VMware Tools」に脆弱性 - アップデートが公開：Security NEXT security-next.com/134543 “検索パスの設定に問題がある脆弱性「CVE-2022-22943」が明ら… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 2022-03-02 12:06:50
Twitter Icon @CVEreport CVE-2022-22943 : VMware Tools for #Windows 11.x.y and 10.x.y prior to 12.0.0 contains an uncontrolled search path… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 2022-03-03 22:06:42
Reddit Logo Icon /r/netcve CVE-2022-22943 2022-03-03 22:38:44
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