INFBA-2025:20841: open-vm-tools security update

Information about definition

Identificator: INFBA-2025:20841

Type: bugfix

Release date: 2025-12-01 14:31:05 UTC

Information about package

VMware Tools is a suite of utilities and drivers that improves the performance and management of a virtual machine (VM) by enhancing communication between the guest operating system and the VMware hypervisor. Installing it resolves issues like low video resolution, jerky mouse movement, and poor performance, enabling features like seamless mouse integration, drag-and-drop file transfer, and dynamic resizing of the display.

Vulnerabilities description

  • CVE-2025-22247

    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.

Severity level

CVE Score CVSS 2.0 Score CVSS 3.x Score CVSS 4.0
no information 6.1 no information
Critical, important, moderate, low

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