UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22247

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-22247
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22247.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22247
Upstream
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-05-12T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-01-20T18:28:49.529177Z
Severity
  • 6.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

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+esm5?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+esm5

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
2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1
2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm2
2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm3
2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools",
            "binary_version": "2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-desktop",
            "binary_version": "2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-dev",
            "binary_version": "2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm5"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22247.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / open-vm-tools

Package

Name
open-vm-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/open-vm-tools@2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm4?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm4

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
2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.2
2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3
2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm1
2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm2
2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools",
            "binary_version": "2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-desktop",
            "binary_version": "2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-dev",
            "binary_version": "2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm4"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22247.json"

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / open-vm-tools

Package

Name
open-vm-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/open-vm-tools@2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.8?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.8

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
2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3
2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.4
2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.5
2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.6
2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools",
            "binary_version": "2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-desktop",
            "binary_version": "2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-dev",
            "binary_version": "2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-sdmp",
            "binary_version": "2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.8"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22247.json"

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / open-vm-tools

Package

Name
open-vm-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/open-vm-tools@2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2

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
2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1

2:12.*

2:12.1.0-1~ubuntu0.22.04.1
2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.1
2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2
2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3
2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.4
2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools",
            "binary_version": "2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-containerinfo",
            "binary_version": "2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-desktop",
            "binary_version": "2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-dev",
            "binary_version": "2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-salt-minion",
            "binary_version": "2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-sdmp",
            "binary_version": "2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22247.json"

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / open-vm-tools

Package

Name
open-vm-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/open-vm-tools@2:12.4.5-1~ubuntu0.24.04.2?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:12.4.5-1~ubuntu0.24.04.2

Affected versions

2:12.*

2:12.3.0-1
2:12.3.5-1
2:12.3.5-3
2:12.3.5-4
2:12.3.5-5build1
2:12.3.5-5build2
2:12.3.5-5build3
2:12.4.5-1~ubuntu0.24.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools",
            "binary_version": "2:12.4.5-1~ubuntu0.24.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-containerinfo",
            "binary_version": "2:12.4.5-1~ubuntu0.24.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-desktop",
            "binary_version": "2:12.4.5-1~ubuntu0.24.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-dev",
            "binary_version": "2:12.4.5-1~ubuntu0.24.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-salt-minion",
            "binary_version": "2:12.4.5-1~ubuntu0.24.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-sdmp",
            "binary_version": "2:12.4.5-1~ubuntu0.24.04.2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22247.json"