CVE-2025-22230 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

VMware Tools for Windows contains an authentication bypass vulnerability due to improper access control. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM may gain ability to perform certain high privilege operations within that VM.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00021.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25518

History

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		VMware Tools for Windows contains an authentication bypass vulnerability due to improper access control. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM may gain ability to perform certain high privilege operations within that VM.
Title		Authentication bypass vulnerability
Weaknesses		CWE-288
References		https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25518
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published: 2025-03-25T14:06:35.413Z

Updated: 2025-03-25T14:19:35.488Z

Reserved: 2025-01-02T04:29:59.191Z

Link: CVE-2025-22230

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-03-25T14:19:30.708Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-03-25T14:15:28.440

Modified: 2025-03-27T16:45:46.410

Link: CVE-2025-22230

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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