| Name | CVE-2022-31676 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3081-1, DSA-5215-1, ELA-682-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 1018012 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| open-vm-tools (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2:9.4.6-1770165-8+deb8u2 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2:10.1.5-5055683-4+deb9u6 | fixed | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2:10.3.10-1+deb10u6 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u3 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 2:12.2.0-1+deb12u2 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 2:12.4.5-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| open-vm-tools | source | jessie | (not affected) | |||
| open-vm-tools | source | stretch | 2:10.1.5-5055683-4+deb9u3 | ELA-682-1 | ||
| open-vm-tools | source | buster | 2:10.3.10-1+deb10u3 | DLA-3081-1 | ||
| open-vm-tools | source | bullseye | 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u1 | DSA-5215-1 | ||
| open-vm-tools | source | (unstable) | 2:12.1.0-1 | 1018012 |
Fixed by: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/commit/70a74758bfe0042c27f15ce590fb21a2bc54d745 (stable-12.1.0)
https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/CVE-2022-31676.patch/1205-Properly-check-authorization-on-incoming-guestOps-re.patch
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0024.html
[jessie] - open-vm-tools <not-affected> (Vulnerable code was introduced later)