Is CVE-2022-31676 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-31676 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-31676?

CVE-2022-31676 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-31676?

CVE-2022-31676 has an EPSS score of 0.54% (42th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-31676?

Upgrade open-vm-tools on debian 11 to 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u1 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-31676

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

VMware Tools (12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local non-administrative access to the Guest OS can escalate privileges as a root user in the virtual machine.

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management

How to fix

Remediation Available

open-vm-toolsDebian

Fixed in:2:11.2.5-2+deb11u1CVE-2022-31676

Fixed in:2:12.1.0-1CVE-2022-31676

open-vm-toolsUbuntu

Fixed in:2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1USN-5578-2

Fixed in:2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.2USN-5578-1

Fixed in:2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3USN-5578-1

Fixed in:2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1USN-5578-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.54%probability of exploitation in 30 days

42ndpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 42% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

openwall.com

Vendor Advisory1

vmware.com

Third-Party Advisory4

Other references3

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2017-12635	Critical	9.8	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-24637	Critical	9.8	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-5689	Critical	9.8	92%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-3243	Critical	9.8	88%	-	-
CVE-2024-21888	High	8.8	87%	-	-
CVE-2022-0441	Critical	9.8	85%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.