CVE-2022-22973

high

Description

VMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager contain a privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local access can escalate privileges to 'root'.

References

References
Tenable Blogs

https://www.tenable.com/cyber-exposure/tenable-2022-threat-landscape-report

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0014.html

https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/19/vmware_cisa_security_risks/

https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2022-22972-vmware-patches-additional-workspace-one-access-vulnerabilities-vmsa-2022-0014

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-05-20

Updated: 2023-08-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H