XML External Entity injection in VMware Tools - CVE-2022-22977
Published: May 24, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU63595
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-22977
CWE-ID: CWE-611
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input. A remote unpriviledg user of the guest OS can pass a specially crafted XML code to the affected application and view contents of arbitrary files on the system or initiate requests to external systems.
Affected software
VMware Tools
How to mitigate CVE-2022-22977
Install updates from vendor's website.
VMware Tools - update to 12.0.5