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

high Nessus Plugin ID 164422

Version 1.6

Dec 6, 2022, 4:25 PM

  • CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" changed from "7.2" to "6.8")
  • CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" changed from "CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C" to "CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C")
  • CVSSv2 severity (based on CVE-2022-31676, severity decreased from "High" to "Medium")
  • Exploit attributes ("Exploit available" set to "False")

Plugin Feed: 202212061625

Version 1.5

Dec 1, 2022, 5:53 PM

  • IAVM reference

Plugin Feed: 202212011753

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