CVE-2025-22247

Impact

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.

Affected packages

This record carries no package version data, so it cannot be matched against a dependency list automatically. Read the advisory and compare your version by hand.

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• 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
• 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
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00017.html