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CVE-2022-22977

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-22977 is an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in VMware Tools for Windows (versions 12.0.0, 11.x.y, and 10.x.y). A local attacker with non-administrative privileges within the Windows guest OS can exploit this to cause a denial-of-service or disclose sensitive information. Rated 7.1 HIGH, this vulnerability requires local access but has low attack complexity and no user interaction. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 10.0.0, <= 10.3.24CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 11.0.0, <= 11.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 12.0.0, < 12.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
52.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0079 is in the 88th 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

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

vmwarevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0015.html
Vendor Advisory