CVE-2022-22943 (GCVE-0-2022-22943)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-03-03 21:59 – Updated: 2024-08-03 03:28
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- Uncontrolled search path vulnerability
Assigner
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Impacted products
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Affected:
VMware Tools for Windows (11.x.y and 10.x.y prior to 12.0.0)
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