CVE-2022-22943

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-03-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-427

Description

VMware Tools for Windows (11.x.y and 10.x.y prior to 12.0.0) contains an uncontrolled search path vulnerability. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges in the Windows guest OS, where VMware Tools is installed, may be able to execute code with system privileges in the Windows guest OS due to an uncontrolled search path element.

Affected products

VMware Tools: from 10.0.0 before 12.0.0 — fixed in 12.0.0
VMware Tools for Windows: from VMware Tools for Windows (11.x.y and 10.x.y prior through 12.0.0)

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: VMware Tools 12.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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