github - ghsa-h5xv-5cpx-pf45

ghsa-h5xv-5cpx-pf45

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-03-25 15:31

Modified

2025-03-25 15:31

Severity ?

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

Details

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.

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   modified: "2025-03-25T15:31:29Z",
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cve-2025-22230

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-03-25 14:06

Modified

2025-03-25 14:19

Severity ?

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

Summary

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25518

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	VMware Tools	Version: 12.x.x, 11.x.x < 12.5.1

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