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HistoryAug 24, 2022 - 11:25 a.m.

open-vm-tools vulnerability

2022-08-2411:25:37
Google
osv.dev
3

7.5 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.2%

It was discovered that Open VM Tools incorrectly handled certain requests.
An attacker inside the guest could possibly use this issue to gain root
privileges inside the virtual machine.