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Medium severity6.7NVD Advisory· Published Mar 3, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-22943

CVE-2022-22943

Description

VMware Tools for Windows (11.x.y and 10.x.y prior to 12.0.0) contains an uncontrolled search path vulnerability. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges in the Windows guest OS, where VMware Tools is installed, may be able to execute code with system privileges in the Windows guest OS due to an uncontrolled search path element.

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Affected products

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  • VMware/Tools
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*:*
    Range: >=10.0.0,<12.0.0
  • VMware/Tools for Windowscpe-rescue2 versions
    (expand)+ 1 more
    • (no CPE)
    • (no CPE)range: 11.x.y and 10.x.y prior to 12.0.0

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