CVE-2022-22943

6.7 mediumEPSS 1.2%

Medium (6.7) in vmware tools. EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.7 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 68% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-427
Published: 2022-03-03
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

vmware:tools

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0007.html
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0007.html

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