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CVE-2022-22960

87
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-22960 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager, and vRealize Automation, stemming from improper permissions in support scripts. This flaw allows a local attacker to escalate privileges to 'root' with low attack complexity, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH) and is actively exploited in the wild, with public exploit modules available and significant community discussion. CISA has issued directives for federal agencies to patch this critical vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.0, < 5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:identity_manager:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:identity_manager:3.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:identity_manager:3.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:identity_manager:3.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
37.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Apr 15, 2022
Metasploit: VMware Workspace ONE Access CVE-2022-22960 · Apr 6, 2022
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3717 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

vmwarepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

linuxCVE-2022-22960HIGH

VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper permissions in support scripts. A malicious actor with local access can escalate privileges to 'root'.

Apr 13, 2022

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
packetstormsecurity.com / files/171918/Mware-Workspace-ONE-Remote-Code-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/171918/VMware-Workspace-ONE-Remote-Code-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/171935/VMware-Workspace-ONE-Access-Privilege-Escalation.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0011.html
PatchVendor Advisory