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VendorVmware (7bb62c7c-2241-5a0b-8dbc-5f13251fb24e)
ProductTools (5f4e4a0c-1d04-57b2-9355-6d00a908059b)
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pkg:github/vmware/open-vm-tools purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:12:21.805694
pkg:sourceforge/open-vm-tools purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:12:21.805696

Vulnerability references

IdentifiercpeApplicabilitySubmitteddb.gcve.eu detailsRationale
CVE:CVE-2025-41246 vulnerable 2026-06-08 07:25:06.815471 Improper authorisation vulnerability
HIGH (7.6)
VMware Tools for Windows contains an improper authorisation vulnerability due to the way it handles user access controls. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM, who is already authenticated through vCenter or ESX may exploit this issue to access other guest VMs. Successful exploitation requires knowledge of credentials of the targeted VMs and vCenter or ESX.
Published: 2025-09-29T15:57:58.438Z
Updated: 2026-02-26T17:47:52.977Z
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Imported from gcve-enriched-dumps CVE data
CVE:CVE-2025-41244 vulnerable 2026-06-08 07:25:06.809606 VMSA-2025-0015: VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools updates address multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-41244,CVE-2025-41245, CVE-2025-41246)
HIGH (7.8)
VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious local actor with non-administrative privileges having access to a VM with VMware Tools installed and managed by Aria Operations with SDMP enabled may exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges to root on the same VM.
Published: 2025-09-29T16:09:51.871Z
Updated: 2026-02-26T17:47:52.174Z
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Imported from gcve-enriched-dumps CVE data
CVE:CVE-2025-41239 vulnerable 2026-06-08 07:25:06.786760 vSockets information-disclosure vulnerability
HIGH (7.1)
VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, and VMware Tools contains an information disclosure vulnerability due to the usage of an uninitialised memory in vSockets. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may be able to exploit this issue to leak memory from processes communicating with vSockets.
Published: 2025-07-15T18:35:03.747Z
Updated: 2025-07-15T18:51:58.342Z
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Imported from gcve-enriched-dumps CVE data
CVE:CVE-2023-34058 vulnerable 2026-06-08 06:06:24.350706 Details available
HIGH (7.1)
VMware Tools contains a SAML token signature bypass vulnerability. A malicious actor that has been granted Guest Operation Privileges https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-security/GUID-6A952214-0E5E-4CCF-9D2A-90948FF643EC.html  in a target virtual machine may be able to elevate their privileges if that target virtual machine has been assigned a more privileged Guest Alias https://vdc-download.vmware.com/vmwb-repository/dcr-public/d1902b0e-d479-46bf-8ac9-cee0e31e8ec0/07ce8dbd-db48-4261-9b8f-c6d3ad8ba472/vim.vm.guest.AliasManager.html .
Published: 2023-10-27T04:53:09.935Z
Updated: 2025-03-06T15:40:20.221Z
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Imported from gcve-enriched-dumps CVE data
CVE:CVE-2023-34057 vulnerable 2026-06-08 06:06:24.345478 Details available
HIGH (7.8)
VMware Tools contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local user access to a guest virtual machine may elevate privileges within the virtual machine.
Published: 2023-10-27T04:52:55.280Z
Updated: 2025-03-06T15:40:49.609Z
Reference links
Imported from gcve-enriched-dumps CVE data
CVE:CVE-2023-20900 vulnerable 2026-06-08 05:54:18.129922 db.gcve.eu details were skipped to keep the page responsive. Imported from gcve-enriched-dumps CVE data
CVE:CVE-2023-20867 vulnerable 2026-06-08 05:54:17.975795 db.gcve.eu details were skipped to keep the page responsive. Imported from gcve-enriched-dumps CVE data
CVE:CVE-2022-31693 vulnerable 2026-06-08 05:44:41.243350 db.gcve.eu details were skipped to keep the page responsive. Imported from gcve-enriched-dumps CVE data
CVE:CVE-2022-31676 vulnerable 2026-06-08 05:44:41.136037 db.gcve.eu details were skipped to keep the page responsive. Imported from gcve-enriched-dumps CVE data
CVE:CVE-2022-22977 vulnerable 2026-06-08 05:40:55.866561 db.gcve.eu details were skipped to keep the page responsive. Imported from gcve-enriched-dumps CVE data
CVE:CVE-2021-21997 vulnerable 2026-06-08 05:29:59.585252 db.gcve.eu details were skipped to keep the page responsive. Imported from gcve-enriched-dumps CVE data
CVE:CVE-2020-3972 vulnerable 2026-06-08 05:25:58.449142 db.gcve.eu details were skipped to keep the page responsive. Imported from gcve-enriched-dumps CVE data
CVE:CVE-2020-3941 vulnerable 2026-06-08 05:25:57.951819 db.gcve.eu details were skipped to keep the page responsive. Imported from gcve-enriched-dumps CVE data
CVE:CVE-2019-5522 vulnerable 2026-06-08 05:13:59.585575 db.gcve.eu details were skipped to keep the page responsive. Imported from gcve-enriched-dumps CVE data
CVE:CVE-2018-6969 vulnerable 2026-06-08 05:11:54.547164 db.gcve.eu details were skipped to keep the page responsive. Imported from gcve-enriched-dumps CVE data
CVE:CVE-2016-7080 vulnerable 2026-06-08 05:08:11.727442 db.gcve.eu details were skipped to keep the page responsive. Imported from gcve-enriched-dumps CVE data
CVE:CVE-2016-7079 vulnerable 2026-06-08 05:08:11.715528 db.gcve.eu details were skipped to keep the page responsive. Imported from gcve-enriched-dumps CVE data
CVE:CVE-2016-5330 vulnerable 2026-06-08 05:07:56.794204 db.gcve.eu details were skipped to keep the page responsive. Imported from gcve-enriched-dumps CVE data
CVE:CVE-2016-5328 vulnerable 2026-06-08 05:07:56.773854 db.gcve.eu details were skipped to keep the page responsive. Imported from gcve-enriched-dumps CVE data
CVE:CVE-2015-5191 vulnerable 2026-06-08 05:06:49.160670 db.gcve.eu details were skipped to keep the page responsive. Imported from gcve-enriched-dumps CVE data
CVE:CVE-2014-4200 vulnerable 2026-06-08 05:05:44.356390 db.gcve.eu details were skipped to keep the page responsive. Imported from gcve-enriched-dumps CVE data
CVE:CVE-2014-4199 vulnerable 2026-06-08 05:05:44.353312 db.gcve.eu details were skipped to keep the page responsive. Imported from gcve-enriched-dumps CVE data

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