VMware Tools 11.x / 12.x < 12.1.0 Privilege Escalation (VMSA-2022-0024)

high Nessus Plugin ID 164422

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Synopsis

A virtualization tool suite is installed on the remote Windows host is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The version of VMware Tools installed on the remote Windows host is affected by a 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.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to VMware Tools version 12.1.0 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 164422

File Name: vmware_tools_win_vmsa-2022-0024.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 8/25/2022

Updated: 12/6/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-31676

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vmware:tools

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/VMware Tools

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/23/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/23/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-31676

IAVB: 2022-B-0029-S

VMSA: VMSA-2022-0024

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