K87046687 : VMware Tools vulnerability CVE-2022-31676

Security Advisory 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. (CVE-2022-31676)

Impact

A local, non-administrative attacker can gain elevated privileges on the Guest OS system, which might affect the confidentiality and integrity of the system.