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CVE-2022-31676: debian debian_linux Improper Privilege Management

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesMGASA-2022-0342SUSE-SU-2022:2935-1SUSE-SU-2022:2936-1
Published 23-08-2022Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-31676 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.55%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 23-08-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

VMware Tools (12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains a local 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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.55%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

45%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.54% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.55%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Suse32 products
  • open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 6< 11.3.5-150100.4.37.13.1
  • open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 7< 11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
  • open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS< 11.3.5-150100.4.37.13.1
  • open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS< 11.3.5-150100.4.37.13.1
  • open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS< 11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
Redhat10 products
  • open-vm-tools< 0:10.3.10-3.el8_1.3 | < 0:11.0.0-4.el8_2.1 | < 0:11.2.0-2.el8_4.1 | < 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.1 | < 0:11.3.5-1.el9_0.1 | < 0:11.0.5-3.el7_9.4
  • open-vm-tools-debuginfo< 0:10.3.10-3.el8_1.3 | < 0:11.0.0-4.el8_2.1 | < 0:11.2.0-2.el8_4.1 | < 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.1 | < 0:11.3.5-1.el9_0.1 | < 0:11.0.5-3.el7_9.4
  • open-vm-tools-debugsource< 0:10.3.10-3.el8_1.3 | < 0:11.0.0-4.el8_2.1 | < 0:11.2.0-2.el8_4.1 | < 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.1 | < 0:11.3.5-1.el9_0.1
  • open-vm-tools-desktop< 0:10.3.10-3.el8_1.3 | < 0:11.0.0-4.el8_2.1 | < 0:11.2.0-2.el8_4.1 | < 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.1 | < 0:11.3.5-1.el9_0.1 | < 0:11.0.5-3.el7_9.4
  • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo< 0:10.3.10-3.el8_1.3 | < 0:11.0.0-4.el8_2.1 | < 0:11.2.0-2.el8_4.1 | < 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.1 | < 0:11.3.5-1.el9_0.1
Opensuse4 products
  • open-vm-tools&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.3< 12.1.0-150300.19.1
  • open-vm-tools&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.4< 12.1.0-150300.19.1
  • open-vm-tools&distro=openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2< 12.1.0-150300.19.1
  • open-vm-tools&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 12.1.0-1.1
Debian2 products
  • open-vm-tools< 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u1 | < 2:10.3.10-1+deb10u3 | < 2:12.1.0-1
  • debian_linuxEOL10.0 | 11.0
Fedoraproject1 product
Mageia1 product
  • open-vm-tools< 11.2.5-1.1.mga8
Netapp1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • open-vm-tools< 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.2 | < 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3 | < 2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1 | < 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1
Vmware1 product
  • tools≥ 10.0.0, < 12.1.0 | ≥ 10.0.0, < 10.3.25 | ≥ 11.0.0, < 12.1.0

9 vendors · 53 products

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