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CVE-2022-22948
The vCenter Server contains an information disclosure vulnerability due to improper permission of files. A malicious actor with…
Medium6.5Known exploitedEPSS 13.3%
- Published
- Updated
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- Assigned by
- vmware
Description
The vCenter Server contains an information disclosure vulnerability due to improper permission of files. A malicious actor with non-administrative access to the vCenter Server may exploit this issue to gain access to sensitive information.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as VMware vCenter Server Incorrect Default File Permissions Vulnerability.
- Added
- 17 Jul 2024
- Fix due (US federal)
- 7 Aug 2024
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 13.3% · top 3.6% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
- Information disclosure vulnerability
- CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-276 and its CVEs
Affected products
VMware vCenter Server and VMware Cloud Foundation
- affected VMware vCenter Server (7.0 prior to 7.0 U3d, 6.7 prior to 6.7 U3p and 6.5 prior to 6.5 U3r) and VMware Cloud Foundation (4.x and 3.x prior to 3.11)
References (2)
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0009.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-22948 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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