An update of the open package has been released.

The version of VMware Tools installed on the remote host is 11.x or 12.x prior to 12.5.2. It is, therefore, affected by an insecure file handling vulnerability:

  - VMware Tools contains an insecure file handling vulnerability. A malicious actor with non-administrative     privileges on a guest VM may tamper the local files to trigger insecure file operations within that VM.     (CVE-2025-22247)

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

The version of open-vm-tools installed on the remote host is prior to 12.3.0-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2025-2864 advisory.

    VMware Tools contains an insecure file handling vulnerability. A malicious actor with non-administrative     privileges on a guest VM may tamper the local files to trigger insecure file operations within that VM.
    (CVE-2025-22247)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

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

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2025:01778-1 advisory.

    Update to 12.5.2:

    Security fixes:

    - CVE-2025-22247: Fixed Insecure file handling (bsc#1243106)

    Other fixes:

    - Fixed GCC 15 compile time error (bsc#1241938)
    - Fixed building with containerd 1.7.25+ (bsc#1237147)

    Full changelog:

    https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.5.2/ReleaseNotes.md     https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.5.2/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:1565-1 advisory.

    Update to 12.5.2:

    Security fixes:

    - CVE-2025-22247: Fixed Insecure file handling (bsc#1243106)

    Other fixes:

    - Fixed GCC 15 compile time error (bsc#1241938)
    - Fix building with containerd 1.7.25+ (bsc#1237147)

    Full changelog:

    https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.5.2/ReleaseNotes.md     https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.5.2/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-a6305306dd advisory.

    Update to version 12.5.2. Fixes [CVE-2025-22247](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-22247)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

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

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2025-982 advisory.

    VMware Tools contains an insecure file handling vulnerability. A malicious actor with non-administrative     privileges on a guest VM may tamper the local files to trigger insecure file operations within that VM.
    (CVE-2025-22247)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

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

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5919 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-5919-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                     Salvatore Bonaccorso     May 14, 2025                          https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : open-vm-tools     CVE ID         : CVE-2025-22247     Debian Bug     : 1105159

    It was discovered that insecure file handling in open-vm-tools, an open     source implementation of VMware Tools, may allow an unprivileged local     guest user to tamper local files to trigger insecure file operations     within that VM.

    For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in     version 2:12.2.0-1+deb12u3.

    We recommend that you upgrade your open-vm-tools packages.

    For the detailed security status of open-vm-tools please refer to its     security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/open-vm-tools

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

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

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 / 25.04 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7508-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Open VM Tools incorrectly handled certain file operations. An attacker in a guest     could use this issue to perform insecure file operations and possibly elevate privileges in the guest.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-4165 advisory.

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4165-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                   Jochen Sprickerhof     May 14, 2025                                  https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : open-vm-tools     Version        : 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u4     CVE ID         : CVE-2025-22247     Debian Bug     : 1105159

    open-vm-tools is a package that provides Open VMware Tools for virtual     machines hosted on VMware.

    CVE-2025-22247

        Fixing an insecure file handling vulnerability.
        It allowed a malicious actor with non-administrative privileges         on a guest VM to tamper the local files to trigger insecure file         operations within that VM. VMSA-2025-0007


    For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version     2:11.2.5-2+deb11u4.

    We recommend that you upgrade your open-vm-tools packages.

    For the detailed security status of open-vm-tools please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/open-vm-tools

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS     Attachment:
    signature.asc     Description: PGP signature

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

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

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:01565-1 advisory.

    Update to 12.5.2:

    Security fixes:

    - CVE-2025-22247: Fixed Insecure file handling (bsc#1243106)

    Other fixes:

    - Fixed GCC 15 compile time error (bsc#1241938)
    - Fix building with containerd 1.7.25+ (bsc#1237147)

    Full changelog:

    https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.5.2/ReleaseNotes.md     https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.5.2/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
236951	Photon OS 4.0: Open PHSA-2025-4.0-0797	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	5/19/2025	5/19/2025	medium
236832	VMware Tools 11.x / 12.x < 12.5.2 Insecure File Handling (VMSA-2025-0007)	Nessus	Misc.	5/16/2025	5/16/2025	medium
236950	Photon OS 5.0: Open PHSA-2025-5.0-0523	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	5/19/2025	5/19/2025	medium
237483	Amazon Linux 2 : open-vm-tools (ALAS-2025-2864)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	5/29/2025	5/29/2025	medium
237599	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : open-vm-tools (SUSE-SU-2025:01778-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	5/31/2025	5/31/2025	medium
237085	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : open-vm-tools (SUSE-SU-2025:1565-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	5/22/2025	5/22/2025	medium
237226	Fedora 41 : open-vm-tools (2025-a6305306dd)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	5/25/2025	5/25/2025	medium
237669	Amazon Linux 2023 : open-vm-tools, open-vm-tools-desktop, open-vm-tools-devel (ALAS2023-2025-982)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	6/2/2025	6/2/2025	medium
236765	Debian dsa-5919 : open-vm-tools - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	5/15/2025	5/15/2025	medium
235829	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 / 25.04 : Open VM Tools vulnerability (USN-7508-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	5/13/2025	5/13/2025	medium
236772	Debian dla-4165 : open-vm-tools - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	5/15/2025	5/15/2025	medium
237548	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : open-vm-tools (SUSE-SU-2025:01565-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	5/30/2025	5/30/2025	medium

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