SUSE update for open-vm-tools

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU66726

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-31676

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions. A local unprivileged user on the guest OS can execute arbitrary code as a root user in the virtual machine.

Mitigation

Update the affected package open-vm-tools to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

openSUSE Leap Micro: 5.2

open-vm-tools-debugsource: before 12.1.0-150300.19.1

open-vm-tools-debuginfo: before 12.1.0-150300.19.1

open-vm-tools: before 12.1.0-150300.19.1

libvmtools0-debuginfo: before 12.1.0-150300.19.1

libvmtools0: before 12.1.0-150300.19.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:opensuse_leap_micro:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:open-vm-tools-debugsource:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:open-vm-tools-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:open-vm-tools:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libvmtools0-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libvmtools0:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2022/suse-su-20222936-2/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.