CVE-2022-22960

VMware Multiple Products: Privilege Escalation

As of , CVE-2022-22960 in VMware Multiple Products is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.

Exploited
Yes: CISA listed it on 15 April 2022
US federal deadline
6 May 202221 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
Used in ransomware campaigns
Not known to CISA
EPSS score
0.36Higher than 98% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS when listed
0.01 on 15 April 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
Public exploit
1 Metasploit module
Fix
No vendor link in CISA's entry

What CISA says to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA's required action

What the flaw is

VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper permissions in support scripts.

CISA's description

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'.

The CVE record's description, from vmware

CVE published
13 April 2022
Assigned by
vmware
CVSS
7.8 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
CWE-732
Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
CWE-250
Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
CISA SSVC, exploitation
active
CISA SSVC, automatable
no
CISA SSVC, technical impact
total

Timeline

  1. The CVE record was published.
  2. CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
  3. The US federal deadline to fix it.

Public exploits

Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.

  • Metasploit: VMware Workspace ONE Access CVE-2022-22960exploit module, rank good

Multiple Products: other exploited entries

VulnerabilityProductOur groupListedDeadlineEPSS
CVE-2020-3950Privilege EscalationVMware Multiple ProductsPatch this weekMetasploit module; verified Exploit-DB entry0.07
CVE-2020-4006Multiple VMware Products Command InjectionVMware Multiple ProductsPatch soon0.17

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