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CVE-2025-22224

CRITICAL
9.3CVSS
Published: 2025-03-04
Updated: 2025-10-30
AI Analysis

Description

VMware ESXi, and Workstation contain a TOCTOU (Time-of-Check Time-of-Use) vulnerability that leads to an out-of-bounds write. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
local
Complexity
low
Privileges
none
User Action
none
Scope
changed
Confidentiality
high
Integrity
high
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-367CWE-367

Metadata

Primary Vendor
VMWARE
Published
3/4/2025
Last Modified
10/30/2025
Source
NIST NVD
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Affected Products

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