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CVE Vulnerabilities for VMware Tools

CVEPublishedSeverityDetailsExploitability Impact Vector
CVE‑2023‑340582023‑10‑27 05:15:39HIGH (8)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 .26ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVE‑2023‑340572023‑10‑27 05:15:39HIGH (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. 26LOCAL
CVE‑2023‑208672023‑06‑13 17:15:14LOW (4)A fully compromised ESXi host can force VMware Tools to fail to authenticate host-to-guest operations, impacting the confidentiality and integrity of the guest virtual machine.13LOCAL
CVE‑2022‑316932023‑06‑07 14:15:10MEDIUM (6)VMware Tools for Windows (12.x.y prior to 12.1.5, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in the VM3DMP driver. A malicious actor with local user privileges in the Windows guest OS, where VMware Tools is installed, can trigger a PANIC in the VM3DMP driver leading to a denial-of-service condition in the Windows guest OS.24LOCAL
CVE‑2022‑316762022‑08‑23 20:15:09HIGH (8)VMware Tools (12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local non-administrative access to the Guest OS can escalate privileges as a root user in the virtual machine.26LOCAL
CVE‑2022‑229772022‑05‑24 19:15:10HIGH (7)VMware Tools for Windows(12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability. A malicious actor with non-administrative local user privileges in the Windows guest OS, where VMware Tools is installed, may exploit this issue leading to a denial-of-service condition or unintended information disclosure.25LOCAL
CVE‑2022‑229432022‑03‑03 22:15:09MEDIUM (7)VMware Tools for Windows (11.x.y and 10.x.y prior to 12.0.0) contains an uncontrolled search path vulnerability. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges in the Windows guest OS, where VMware Tools is installed, may be able to execute code with system privileges in the Windows guest OS due to an uncontrolled search path element.16LOCAL
CVE‑2021‑219992021‑06‑23 12:15:08HIGH (8)VMware Tools for Windows (11.x.y prior to 11.2.6), VMware Remote Console for Windows (12.x prior to 12.0.1) , VMware App Volumes (2.x prior to 2.18.10 and 4 prior to 2103) contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. An attacker with normal access to a virtual machine may exploit this issue by placing a malicious file renamed as `openssl.cnf' in an unrestricted directory which would allow code to be executed with elevated privileges.26LOCAL
CVE‑2021‑219972021‑06‑18 13:15:08MEDIUM (6)VMware Tools for Windows (11.x.y prior to 11.3.0) contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in the VM3DMP driver. A malicious actor with local user privileges in the Windows guest operating system, where VMware Tools is installed, can trigger a PANIC in the VM3DMP driver leading to a denial-of-service condition in the Windows guest operating system.24LOCAL
CVE‑2020‑39722020‑06‑19 18:15:11LOW (3)VMware Tools for macOS (11.x.x and prior before 11.1.1) contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Host-Guest File System (HGFS) implementation. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with non-admin privileges on guest macOS virtual machines to create a denial-of-service condition on their own VMs.21LOCAL
CVE‑2020‑39412020‑01‑15 20:15:25HIGH (7)The repair operation of VMware Tools for Windows 10.x.y has a race condition which may allow for privilege escalation in the Virtual Machine where Tools is installed. This vulnerability is not present in VMware Tools 11.x.y since the affected functionality is not present in VMware Tools 11.16LOCAL
CVE‑2019‑55222019‑06‑06 19:29:01LOW (4)VMware Tools for Windows update addresses an out of bounds read vulnerability in vm3dmp driver which is installed with vmtools in Windows guest machines. This issue is present in versions 10.2.x and 10.3.x prior to 10.3.10. A local attacker with non-administrative access to a Windows guest with VMware Tools installed may be able to leak kernel information or create a denial of service attack on the same Windows guest machine.00LOCAL
CVE‑2018‑69692018‑07‑13 13:29:00MEDIUM (4)VMware Tools (10.x and prior before 10.3.0) contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in HGFS. Successful exploitation of this issue may lead to information disclosure or may allow attackers to escalate their privileges on the guest VMs. In order to be able to exploit this issue, file sharing must be enabled.00LOCAL
CVE‑2016‑70802016‑12‑29 09:59:00MEDIUM (5)The graphic acceleration functions in VMware Tools 9.x and 10.x before 10.0.9 on OS X allow local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-7079.00LOCAL
CVE‑2016‑70792016‑12‑29 09:59:00MEDIUM (5)The graphic acceleration functions in VMware Tools 9.x and 10.x before 10.0.9 on OS X allow local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-7080.00LOCAL
CVE‑2016‑53302016‑08‑08 01:59:16HIGH (8)Untrusted search path vulnerability in the HGFS (aka Shared Folders) feature in VMware Tools 10.0.5 in VMware ESXi 5.0 through 6.0, VMware Workstation Pro 12.1.x before 12.1.1, VMware Workstation Player 12.1.x before 12.1.1, and VMware Fusion 8.1.x before 8.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory.26LOCAL
CVE‑2016‑53282016‑12‑29 09:59:00LOW (2)VMware Tools 9.x and 10.x before 10.1.0 on OS X, when System Integrity Protection (SIP) is enabled, allows local users to determine kernel memory addresses and bypass the kASLR protection mechanism via unspecified vectors.00LOCAL
CVE‑2015‑51912017‑07‑28 21:29:00LOW (4)VMware Tools prior to 10.0.9 contains multiple file system races in libDeployPkg, related to the use of hard-coded paths under /tmp. Successful exploitation of this issue may result in a local privilege escalation. CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H00LOCAL
CVE‑2014‑42002014‑08‑28 15:14:09MEDIUM (5)vm-support 0.88 in VMware Tools, as distributed with VMware Workstation through 10.0.3 and other products, uses 0644 permissions for the vm-support archive, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by extracting files from this archive.00LOCAL
CVE‑2014‑41992014‑08‑28 15:14:09MEDIUM (6)vm-support 0.88 in VMware Tools, as distributed with VMware Workstation through 10.0.3 and other products, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in /tmp.00LOCAL

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2024‑12‑020.12.19.206test commit
2024‑11‑220.12.18.205
2024‑10‑300.12.8.195Mac update refinements
2024‑10‑250.12.3.190
2024‑10‑210.12.0.187Macos implementaiton, linux and windows improvements
2024‑10‑160.11.128.186Linux stats and system information improvements, improvements for application shutdown
2024‑09‑120.11.113.171CPU Optimizations and Packages reliability improvements
2024‑09‑050.11.106.164Phased deployment enhancements
2024‑09‑040.11.103.161
2024‑09‑020.11.102.160CPU Optimizations and Packages reliability improvements
2024‑08‑300.11.99.157CPU Optimizations and Packages reliability improvements
2024‑08‑290.11.98.156CPU utilization and console event optimization
2024‑08‑280.11.97.155Reliability to detect unusual updates like redistributables.
2024‑08‑270.11.96.154
2024‑08‑260.11.95.153Faster response for reboot requests
2024‑08‑200.11.92.150Additional package upgrade pre-requisites
2024‑08‑150.11.89.147
2024‑08‑060.11.87.145
2024‑07‑260.11.83.141Add resiliency for MAC duplicates and uptime
2024‑07‑250.11.82.140Changes to facilitate cross-platform use. Bitlocker and Windows key refinements
2024‑07‑150.11.80.138Antivirus and temperature added to configuration checks
2024‑07‑150.11.79.137Add configuration checks for execution policy and secure boot
2024‑07‑110.11.77.135load balancing refinements
2024‑07‑100.11.76.134Add additional load balancing and data residency capabilities, add randomness to recurring task timings to decrease server load
2024‑07‑050.11.74.132changes to graph and residual work on user imporsonation
2024‑07‑040.11.73.131Add configuration checks for execution policy and secure boot.
2024‑07‑030.11.72.130Enhanced event log monitoring
2024‑07‑020.11.71.129Add details to Windows updates, enhanced risk metrics for application patches
2024‑06‑190.11.65.123Update resiliancy and garbage collection
2024‑06‑130.11.60.118Enhanced logging
2024‑06‑120.11.55.113Include the primary drive serial number; MAC addresses for built-in wireless, Bluetooth, and ethernet into the device hash to restore uninstalled and reinstalled devices in cases where the motherboard serial is not unique
2024‑06‑070.11.54.112Patch and package uninstall data addition
2024‑06‑050.11.47.105refine per-user registry application listing
2024‑06‑020.11.45.103uninstall and reinstall refinements, refine local logging, refine self-update and uninstall timing
2024‑05‑300.11.21.79various bug fixes and improvements
2024‑05‑280.11.16.74Error logging, registration, and uninstall improvements.
2024‑05‑240.11.14.72applied changes for devices and login commands, changes for registration as well
2024‑05‑220.11.13.71Add Windows computer model, improve Operating System parsing
2024‑05‑210.11.11.69Added additional states for Windows update, flexibility for non-standard program file configurations, support for network diagrams at the switch level, details for Windows editions
2024‑05‑210.11.10.68Add specific cases for Defender patterns and Composer versions.
2024‑05‑170.11.3.61Change Log storage location to c:\program files\Lavawall
2024‑05‑170.11.1.59self-update improvements.
2024‑05‑160.8.0.55 error log reporting and management.
2024‑05‑150.7.0.54Websocket resiliency improvements
2024‑05‑090.6.0.53 Error log reporting and management.
2024‑05‑010.5.44.52Even more improvements to scheduler
2024‑04‑240.5.41.49Install compatibility with Sandbox
2024‑04‑220.5.21.29Project property changes to enable automated compilation with new features.
2024‑04‑200.5.20.28Add motherboard serial number and company reassignment
2024‑04‑110.5.4.12Automate release notes as part of build process

Although the Linux agent code base is mature, dating back to 2006, we're still constantly improving it to add value and compatibility for new distributions. Some of our most recent changes include:
NOTE: changes after June 2024 are incorportated into the Windows Changelog as the codebases for Windows, Linux, and Mac were combined
2024‑05‑20253Added cleanup of old .json files during a re-install
2024‑05‑13252Added apt-get update to install
2024‑05‑06248Allow restart to use /var/run/reboot-required if needrestart is not installed
2024‑04‑22239Improve internal update and version tracking
2024‑04‑15235Add support for Yum packages
2024‑04‑08233Align patching with Windows patch reporting
2024‑04‑02228Add support for needrestart
2024‑03‑04224Schedule restarts
2024‑03‑25221Add support for apt packages
2024‑03‑18212Implement release management
2024‑03‑11202Add user login monitoring
2024‑03‑04189Enhance installation reliability
2024‑02‑26187Exapand triggers to identify if the instance needs to be restarted
2024‑02‑19146Improve compatibility for non-AWS instances
2024‑02‑14138Add self-uninstall capabilities
2024‑02‑12135Enhance scheduling flexibility
2024‑02‑07132Add kernel version tracking
2024‑02‑05124Add device hash to cryptographic self-update script validation
2024‑01‑29107Enhance encryption of patch data
2024‑01‑2298Improve how available storage is calculated
2024‑01‑1597Move initial tasks from installation file to sub scripts
2024‑05‑2191Improve multi-distribution compatibility
2024‑05‑2179Improve encryption reliability
2023‑12‑1168Enhance cryptographic validation of new scripts before updating
2023‑11‑2062Add inner layer of AES encryption in case TLS inspection doesn't allow for a secure connection
2023‑11‑2756Additional base cases for resiliancy
2023‑11‑2054Additional headers added to authentication process during installation.
2023‑11‑2053Enhanced key management
2023‑11‑1551Add insecure installation parameter to allow installation in environments with TLS inspection or other machine-in-the-middle situations.
2023‑11‑0642Enhance redundant encryption during installation.
2023‑10‑3033Improve install-over compatibility
2023‑10‑2318Add reboot configuration and scheduling
2023‑10‑2317Add self-updating functionality.
2023‑10‑1615Add Linux patching information for apt
2023‑10‑0914Collect system information
2023‑10‑0913Add Linux distribution information
2023‑09‑3012Add memory monitoring
2023‑09‑3010Add hardware information
2023‑09‑239Add AWS information
2023‑09‑238Add customized schedule capability for configuration updates
2023‑09‑237Add support for package monitoring using package and dpkg logs
2023‑09‑166Add storage data configuration gathering
2023‑09‑165Add CPU information

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