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CVE-2025-22230

high

Description

VMware Tools for Windows contains an authentication bypass vulnerability due to improper access control. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM may gain ability to perform certain high privilege operations within that VM.

References

https://thehackernews.com/2025/03/new-security-flaws-found-in-vmware.html

https://securityaffairs.com/175858/security/authentication-bypass-cve-2025-22230-in-vmware-tools-for-windows.html

https://www.securityweek.com/vmware-patches-authentication-bypass-flaw-in-windows-tools-suite/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/broadcom-warns-of-authentication-bypass-in-vmware-windows-tools/

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25518

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-03-25

Updated: 2025-03-27

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

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

Severity: Medium

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00032