ubuntu-cve-2022-31676
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2022-08-23 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:41
Summary
Details
VMware Tools (12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local non-administrative access to the Guest OS can escalate privileges as a root user in the virtual machine.
Severity
7.0 (High)
7.8 (High)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "open-vm-tools",
"binary_version": "2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "open-vm-tools-desktop",
"binary_version": "2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
"name": "open-vm-tools",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/open-vm-tools@2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-infra/xenial"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"2:9.10.2-2822639-1ubuntu3",
"2:10.0.0-3000743-3ubuntu1",
"2:10.0.7-3227872-2ubuntu1",
"2:10.0.7-3227872-5ubuntu1~16.04.1",
"2:10.0.7-3227872-5ubuntu1~16.04.2",
"2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "open-vm-tools",
"binary_version": "2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.2"
},
{
"binary_name": "open-vm-tools-desktop",
"binary_version": "2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.2"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
"name": "open-vm-tools",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/open-vm-tools@2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.2?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
},
"ranges": [
{
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},
{
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}
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}
],
"versions": [
"2:10.1.10-3",
"2:10.1.10-3build1",
"2:10.1.15-1",
"2:10.1.15-1build1",
"2:10.2.0-2",
"2:10.2.0-2build1",
"2:10.2.0-3",
"2:10.2.0-3ubuntu1",
"2:10.2.0-3ubuntu2",
"2:10.2.0-3ubuntu3",
"2:10.3.0-0ubuntu1~18.04.1",
"2:10.3.0-0ubuntu1~18.04.2",
"2:10.3.0-0ubuntu1~18.04.3",
"2:10.3.5-7~ubuntu0.18.04.1",
"2:10.3.10-1~ubuntu0.18.04.1",
"2:11.0.1-2ubuntu0.18.04.2",
"2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.1"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "open-vm-tools",
"binary_version": "2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3"
},
{
"binary_name": "open-vm-tools-desktop",
"binary_version": "2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3"
},
{
"binary_name": "open-vm-tools-sdmp",
"binary_version": "2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
"name": "open-vm-tools",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/open-vm-tools@2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
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"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"2:10.3.10-3ubuntu1",
"2:11.0.1-2",
"2:11.0.1-3",
"2:11.0.1-3ubuntu1",
"2:11.0.1-4",
"2:11.0.5-1",
"2:11.0.5-2",
"2:11.0.5-3",
"2:11.0.5-4",
"2:11.1.0-2~ubuntu20.04.1",
"2:11.1.5-1~ubuntu20.04.2",
"2:11.2.5-2ubuntu1~ubuntu20.04.1",
"2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.1",
"2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.2"
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},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "open-vm-tools",
"binary_version": "2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "open-vm-tools-desktop",
"binary_version": "2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "open-vm-tools-sdmp",
"binary_version": "2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
"name": "open-vm-tools",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/open-vm-tools@2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"2:11.3.0-2ubuntu1",
"2:11.3.0-2ubuntu2",
"2:11.3.5-1",
"2:11.3.5-1ubuntu2",
"2:11.3.5-1ubuntu3",
"2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4"
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "VMware Tools (12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local non-administrative access to the Guest OS can escalate privileges as a root user in the virtual machine.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2022-31676",
"modified": "2026-04-22T07:41:36Z",
"published": "2022-08-23T00:00:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-31676"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0024.html"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5578-1"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5578-2"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-31676"
}
],
"related": [
"USN-5578-1",
"USN-5578-2"
],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2022-31676"
]
}
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