Insecure file handling vulnerability
13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 6.1epss 0.3%
exploitation probability
0.3%top 81% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
Affected products
n/a · VMware ToolsReferences
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00017.htmlhttps://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25683http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/12/2http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/13/2http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/24/3http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/25/3http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/25/5http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/26/1