CVE-2022-22960

Summary

CVECVE-2022-22960
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-04-13 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-08-08 14:22:00 UTC
DescriptionVMware 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'.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.704210000 probability, percentile 0.986760000 (date 2026-04-01)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2022-04-15; due 2022-05-06; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-732

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorVMware
ProductMultiple Products
NameVMware Multiple Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions.
Noteshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22960

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - All All All
Application Vmware Cloud Foundation All All All All
Application Vmware Identity Manager 3.3.3 All All All
Application Vmware Identity Manager 3.3.4 All All All
Application Vmware Identity Manager 3.3.5 All All All
Application Vmware Identity Manager 3.3.6 All All All
Application Vmware Vrealize Automation All All All All
Application Vmware Vrealize Automation 7.6 All All All
Application Vmware Vrealize Suite Lifecycle Manager All All All All
Application Vmware Workspace One Access 20.10.0.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workspace One Access 20.10.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workspace One Access 21.08.0.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workspace One Access 21.08.0.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VMware Workspace ONE Remote Code Execution ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
VMware Workspace ONE Access Privilege Escalation ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
VMSA-2022-0011 MISC www.vmware.com
Mware Workspace ONE Remote Code Execution ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 376521 VMware Identity Manager (vIDM) and Workspace ONE Access Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2022-0011)
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