CVE-2022-22960

highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.355 · 98 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV · 1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

35.5% (98th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

20 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

added 2022-04-15remediate by 2022-05-06

required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-24

VMware Multiple Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper permissions in support scripts. A malicious actor with local access can escalate privileges to 'root'.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-732USprimaryCWE-276US

ATT&CK techniques

ATT&CK techniques this enables or maps to.

T1222File and Directory Permissions Modification — This vulnerability allows adversaries with local access to escalate privileges to root. Adversaries have been observed chaining this following exploit of CVE-2022-22954.exploitation

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/linux/local/vmware_workspace_one_access_cve_2022_22960VMware Workspace ONE Access CVE-2022-22960functional · metasploit

affected products (20)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation≤ Access 21.08.0.1, 21.08.0.0, 20.10.0.1, 20.10.0.0. Identity Manager 3.3.6, 3.3.5, 3.3.4, 3.3.3. vRealize Automation 7.6.enisa_euvdEU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Aria Automation≤ 7.6fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle≤ KB88099fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Cloud Foundation≤ KB88099fstec_bduRU
Omnissa Omnissa Workspace ONE Access3.3.3 → 3.3.6fstec_bduRU
Omnissa Omnissa Workspace ONE Access Connector≤ 20.10.0.1fstec_bduRU
Omnissa Omnissa Workspace ONE Access Connector≤ 21.08.0.1fstec_bduRU
Omnissa Omnissa Workspace ONE Access Connector≤ 21.08.0.0fstec_bduRU
Omnissa Omnissa Workspace ONE Access Connector≤ 20.10.0.0fstec_bduRU
vmware cloud foundation3.0 → 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware identity manager= 3.3.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:identity_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware identity manager= 3.3.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:identity_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware identity manager= 3.3.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:identity_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware identity manager= 3.3.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:identity_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vrealize automation= 7.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vrealize suite lifecycle manager8.0 → 9.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_suite_lifecycle_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workspace one access= 20.10.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workspace_one_access:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workspace one access= 20.10.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workspace_one_access:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workspace one access= 21.08.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workspace_one_access:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workspace one access= 21.08.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workspace_one_access:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-04-13modified 2026-06-17

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references (17)

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