CVE-2025-22247

Publication date 12 May 2025

Last updated 3 June 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.1 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
open-vm-tools 25.04 plucky
Fixed 2:12.5.0-1ubuntu0.1
24.10 oracular
Fixed 2:12.4.5-1ubuntu0.1
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 2:12.4.5-1~ubuntu0.24.04.2
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.8
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm4
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm5
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.1 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N