CVE-2025-22247

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-59 Link Following

Publication date:

12/05/2025

Last modified:

18/11/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.10 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

6.10

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25683
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/12/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/13/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/24/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/25/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/25/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/26/1
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00017.html