CVE-2025-22231 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

VMware Aria Operations contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges can escalate their privileges to root on the appliance running VMware Aria Operations.

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 0.0002.

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/0/25541

History

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-269
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 13:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		VMware Aria Operations contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges can escalate their privileges to root on the appliance running VMware Aria Operations.
Title		VMware Aria Operations updates address a local privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2025-22231)
References		https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25541
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: 2025-04-01T12:59:49.815Z

Updated: 2025-04-01T16:06:30.689Z

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

Link: CVE-2025-22231

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-04-01T15:48:46.106Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-04-01T13:15:40.197

Modified: 2025-04-01T20:26:11.547

Link: CVE-2025-22231

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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