CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-22977

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Published: May 24, 2022 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.1
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
3.6 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

VMware Tools for Windows(12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability. A malicious actor with non-administrative local user privileges in the Windows guest OS, where VMware Tools is installed, may exploit this issue leading to a denial-of-service condition or unintended information disclosure.

Weakness

The product processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Tools Vmware 10.0.0 (including) 10.3.24 (including)
Tools Vmware 11.0.0 (including) 11.3.5 (including)
Tools Vmware 12.0.0 (including) 12.0.5 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References