CVE-2025-22247
Insecure file handling vulnerability
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.1 Medium
- Published
- May 12, 2025
- Updated
- Nov 18, 2025
- Reserved
- Jan 2, 2025
Description
VMware Tools contains an insecure file handling vulnerability. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM may tamper the local files to trigger insecure file operations within that VM.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.1 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N | vmware |
Weaknesses
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
VMware Toolsn/a |
|
References
- https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25683
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/12/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/13/2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00017.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/24/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/25/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/25/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/26/1
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