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CVE-2022-31676

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.55%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2022-08-23 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. It affects VMware, VMWare.

CVE
CVE-2022-31676
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.55%
VMware VMWare

Original NVD Description

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.

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