CVE-2025-22247
open-vm-tools - security update
6.1
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.33%
Description
VMware Tools contains an insecure file handling vulnerability. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM may tamper the local files to trigger insecure file operations within that VM.
How to fix CVE-2025-22247
To remediate CVE-2025-22247, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/open-vm-tools—upgrade to 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u4 or later
- —upgrade to 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u4 or later
- —upgrade to 2:12.2.0-1+deb12u3 or later
Is CVE-2025-22247 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u4
- from 0, < 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u4
- from 0, < 2:12.2.0-1+deb12u3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N |