CVE-2022-31676

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.

Published: 2022-08-23 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-31676 is rated Moderate Risk (46.4/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.56%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-31676

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.05% 0.56% +0.51%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.05% +0.01%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-31676

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-31676

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-31676

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2022-31676: 1 source package rows (open-vm-tools); 7 state rows across 7 repos (3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 7, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-31676
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-31676 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (open-vm-tools), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-31676
gentoo high CVE-2022-31676: 1 GLSA(s) (202210-27), 1 atom(s) (app-emulation/open-vm-tools); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2022-31676
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-31676
suse high CVE-2022-31676 severity important: SUSE including 79 source package names (2.0.2-4.2.20:libvmtools0-12.1.0-150300.19.1, 2.0.2-4.2.20:open-vm-tools-12.1.0-150300.19.1, …), 230 product×package rows across 67 product lines (Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.2, Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.3, … (67 product lines)): Fixed 230. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-31676/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-31676 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (open-vm-tools), 7 status rows across 7 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 5, not-affected 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-31676

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-31676

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vmware tools >= 10.0.0, < 12.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware tools >= 10.0.0, < 10.3.25 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware tools >= 11.0.0, < 12.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 11.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 36 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 37 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-31676

URL Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/23/3 Mailing List Patch Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00013.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C5VV2R4LV4T3SNQJYRLFD4C75HBDVV76/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O4TZF6QRJIDECGMEGBPXJCHZ6YC3VZ6Z/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZA63DWRW7HROTVBNRIPBJQWBYIYAQMEW/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-27 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221017-0003/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5215 Third Party Advisory
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0024.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
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