UBUNTU-CVE-2022-31676

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-31676
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2022/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-31676.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-31676
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Downstream
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Published
2022-08-23T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:50:15Z
Severity
  • 7.0 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

VMware Tools (12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local non-administrative access to the Guest OS can escalate privileges as a root user in the virtual machine.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / open-vm-tools

Package

Name
open-vm-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/open-vm-tools@2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1

Affected versions

2:9.*

2:9.10.2-2822639-1ubuntu3

2:10.*

2:10.0.0-3000743-3ubuntu1
2:10.0.7-3227872-2ubuntu1
2:10.0.7-3227872-5ubuntu1~16.04.1
2:10.0.7-3227872-5ubuntu1~16.04.2
2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-desktop"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-dev"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / open-vm-tools

Package

Name
open-vm-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/open-vm-tools@2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.2

Affected versions

2:10.*

2:10.1.10-3
2:10.1.10-3build1
2:10.1.15-1
2:10.1.15-1build1
2:10.2.0-2
2:10.2.0-2build1
2:10.2.0-3
2:10.2.0-3ubuntu1
2:10.2.0-3ubuntu2
2:10.2.0-3ubuntu3
2:10.3.0-0ubuntu1~18.04.1
2:10.3.0-0ubuntu1~18.04.2
2:10.3.0-0ubuntu1~18.04.3
2:10.3.5-7~ubuntu0.18.04.1
2:10.3.10-1~ubuntu0.18.04.1

2:11.*

2:11.0.1-2ubuntu0.18.04.2
2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.2",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.2",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-desktop"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.2",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-dev"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / open-vm-tools

Package

Name
open-vm-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/open-vm-tools@2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3

Affected versions

2:10.*

2:10.3.10-3ubuntu1

2:11.*

2:11.0.1-2
2:11.0.1-3
2:11.0.1-3ubuntu1
2:11.0.1-4
2:11.0.5-1
2:11.0.5-2
2:11.0.5-3
2:11.0.5-4
2:11.1.0-2~ubuntu20.04.1
2:11.1.5-1~ubuntu20.04.2
2:11.2.5-2ubuntu1~ubuntu20.04.1
2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.1
2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-desktop"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-sdmp"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / open-vm-tools

Package

Name
open-vm-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/open-vm-tools@2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1

Affected versions

2:11.*

2:11.3.0-2ubuntu1
2:11.3.0-2ubuntu2
2:11.3.5-1
2:11.3.5-1ubuntu2
2:11.3.5-1ubuntu3
2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-desktop"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-sdmp"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}