CVE-2022-22977

State: Published
Severity: 7.1 High
Published: May 24, 2022
Updated: Jun 2, 2026
Reserved: Jan 10, 2022

Description

VMware Tools for Windows(12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability. A malicious actor with non-administrative local user privileges in the Windows guest OS, where VMware Tools is installed, may exploit this issue leading to a denial-of-service condition or unintended information disclosure.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.1 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Affected Products

Product	Versions
VMware Tools for Windowsn/a	VMware Tools for Windows (12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y)Affected

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0015.html

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