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CVE-2022-22960

HighPublished

VMware Multiple Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Published: Apr 13, 2022
Updated: Oct 21, 2025
Assigning CNA: vmware
Evidence observed: Apr 15, 2022

Primary CVSS

7.8/ 10High

nvd · CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS probability estimate

35.5%

Moderate · next 30 days

Percentile: 98.4%
Model date: Sep 21, 2026

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CISA Known Exploited

This CVE appears in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Summary

VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper permissions in support scripts. A malicious actor with local access can escalate privileges to 'root'.

Sources

hekateExploit
Exploit for VMWare Workspace ONE Access chaining five CVEs for unauthenticated remote code execution via JDBC injection and privilege escalation.
CVE-2022-22954Exploit
Python script to exploit CVE-2022-22954 and then exploit CVE-2022-22960

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