Google: app-emulation/open-vm-tools: security update to 17033.0.0

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 452445

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- 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. (CVE-2022-22943)

Solution

Update the app-emulation/open-vm-tools library and its related packages to version 17033.0.0 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 452445

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Google COS Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: HIGH

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-22943

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/1/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-22943

Detections

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