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ghsa-mqmq-2p8r-q32f

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-05-12 12:30

Modified

2025-05-14 18:30

Severity ?

6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Details

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.

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cve-2025-22247

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-05-12 10:46

Modified

2025-05-14 17:02

Severity ?

6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Summary

Insecure file handling vulnerability

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25683

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	n/a	VMware Tools

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