Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-22977 - XXE vulnerability in VMWare Tools
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
VMware Tools for Windows(12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability. A malicious actor with non-administrative local user privileges in the Windows guest OS, where VMware Tools is installed, may exploit this issue leading to a denial-of-service condition or unintended information disclosure.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 12 | |
| OS | 1 |