CVE-2025-22247

open-vm-tools: Insecure file handling

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.1

CVSS 3.1

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Published · May 12, 2025

Updated · September 1, 2026

Description

A vulnerability was found in open-vm-tools. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest virtual machine (VM) may tamper with the local files to trigger insecure file operations within that VM.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

Currently, no mitigation is available for this vulnerability.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 6.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

CWE-266 · Incorrect Privilege Assignment