CVE-2025-22230

highpriority · track · 0OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.004 · 29 %ileDEEURU
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.35% (29th) EPSS
CVSS 7.8 · high
Is it mine?
4 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

VMware Tools for Windows contains an authentication bypass vulnerability due to improper access control. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM may gain ability to perform certain high privilege operations within that VM.

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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

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:Hsecondary · security@vmware.comexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9
v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

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

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-288USCWE-288US
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affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • WID-SEC-W-2025-0634VMware Tools: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Umgehen von SicherheitsvorkehrungenDeutsch2025-03-25csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in VMware Tools ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen und bestimmte Aktionen mit hohen Privilegien durchzuführen.

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also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bducert_bundNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2025-03-25modified 2026-06-17
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references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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