Vulnerabilities > CVE-2025-22225 - Write-what-where Condition vulnerability in VMWare products

047910
CVSS 8.2 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
HIGH
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
local
low complexity
vmware
CWE-123

Summary

VMware ESXi contains an arbitrary write vulnerability. A malicious actor with privileges within the VMX process may trigger an arbitrary kernel write leading to an escape of the sandbox.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)