Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published May 12, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026
CVE-2025-22247
CVE-2025-22247
Description
VMware Tools contains an insecure file handling vulnerability. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM may tamper the local files to trigger insecure file operations within that VM.
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Affected products
23- osv-coords22 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-toolspkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-tools-desktoppkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-tools-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-tools-salt-minionpkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-tools-sdmppkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-tools-testpkg:rpm/opensuse/open-vm-tools&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/open-vm-tools&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.1pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.2pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.4pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.5pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Containers%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Containers%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20LTSS%20Extended%20Security%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.1
< 12.3.5-2.el8.alma.1+ 21 more
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.5-2.el8.alma.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.5-2.el8.alma.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.5-2.el8.alma.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.5-2.el8.alma.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.5-2.el8.alma.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.5-2.el8.alma.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.5.2-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.5.2-150300.58.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.5.2-150300.58.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.5.2-150300.58.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.5.2-150300.58.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.5.2-150300.58.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.5.2-4.83.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.5.2-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.5.2-slfo.1.1_1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/12/2nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/13/2nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/24/3nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/25/3nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/25/5nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/26/1nvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00017.htmlnvd
- support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25683nvd
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