QID 376633

Date Published: 2022-05-26

QID 376633: VMware Tools Extensible Markup Language (XML) External Entity (XXE) Vulnerability (VMSA-2022-0015)

VMware Tools is a suite of utilities that enhances the performance of the virtual machine guest operating system and improves management of the virtual machine running on VMware.

Affected Versions:
VMware Tools version from 10.x.x to 12.0.4.

QID Detection Logic:(Authenticated)
It checks for vulnerable version of VMware tools.

A malicious actor with non-administrative local user privileges in the Windows guest OS, where VMware Tools is installed, may exploit this issue leading to a denial-of-service condition or unintended information disclosure.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 5.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.
    • Solution
    To remediate this issue update to VMware Tools version VMware Tools 12.0.5
    For more information please visit VMware advisory VMSA-2022-0015
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 376633

    CVE-2022-22977 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    VMSA-2022-0015 URL Logo www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0015.html
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