CVE-2022-22973 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting VMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager, among other VMware products. A local attacker can exploit this flaw to gain root privileges on the affected system. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and no user interaction required, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known public exploit code or active exploitation listed in KEV, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, including an emergency directive from DHS/CISA, indicating high awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
20.10.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workspace_one_access:20.10.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.