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CVE-2025-22230

HIGH
Published 2025-03-25T14:06:35.413Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
7.8
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.000
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.0% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.027
Higher than 2.7% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

VMware Tools for Windows contains an authentication bypass vulnerability due to improper access control. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM may gain ability to perform certain high privilege operations within that VM.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

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EU Vulnerability Database

Monitored by ENISA for EU cybersecurity

EU Coordination

EU Coordinated

Exploitation Status

No Known Exploitation

ENISA Analysis

VMware Tools for Windows contains an authentication bypass vulnerability due to improper access control. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM may gain ability to perform certain high privilege operations within that VM.

Affected Products (ENISA)

n/a
vmware tools

ENISA Scoring

CVSS Score (3.1)

7.8
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Data provided by ENISA EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated: March 25, 2025

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-h5xv-5cpx-pf45

Advisory Details

VMware Tools for Windows contains an authentication bypass vulnerability due to improper access control. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM may gain ability to perform certain high privilege operations within that VM.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

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

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: March 25, 2025, Modified: March 25, 2025

Social Media Intelligence

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1 post
Reddit 2 weeks ago
crstux
Exploit

🔥 Top 10 Trending CVEs (28/07/2025) Here’s a quick breakdown of the 10 most interesting vulnerabilities trending today: **1. [CVE-2025-22230](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22230)** - 📝 VMware Tools for Windows contains an authentication bypass vulnerability due to improper access control.A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM may gain ability to perform …

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Published: 2025-03-25T14:06:35.413Z
Last Modified: 2025-03-25T14:19:35.488Z
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