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CVE-2022-22977
HIGH · CVSS 7.1
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2022-05-24T19:15:09.523 · Last modified 2026-06-17T04:29:16.927

Summary

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.

Affected products

vmware — tools

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References

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