Upstream information

CVE-2025-22247 at MITRE

Description

VMware Tools contains an insecure file handling vulnerability. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM may tamper the local files to trigger insecure file operations within that VM.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
  CNA (VMWare) SUSE
Base Score 6.1 6.1
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required Low Low
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact Low Low
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact None None
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
  SUSE
Base Score 6.9
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High
Vulnerable System Availability Impact None
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1243106 [NEW]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/baremetal-os-container:2.1.3-6.38
  • libvmtools0 >= 12.5.2-1.1
  • open-vm-tools >= 12.5.2-1.1
Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.2:latest
Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.3:latest
Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.4:latest
Container suse/sle-micro/5.5:2.0.4-5.5.299
  • libvmtools0 >= 12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • open-vm-tools >= 12.5.2-150300.58.1
Image SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud
  • libvmtools0 >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • open-vm-tools >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6
  • libvmtools-devel >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • libvmtools0 >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • open-vm-tools >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • open-vm-tools-desktop >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • open-vm-tools-salt-minion >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • open-vm-tools-sdmp >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-1565
SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP6-2025-1565
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7
  • libvmtools-devel >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • libvmtools0 >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • open-vm-tools >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • open-vm-tools-desktop >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • open-vm-tools-salt-minion >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • open-vm-tools-sdmp >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2025-1565
SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP7-2025-1565
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
  • libvmtools-devel >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • libvmtools0 >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • open-vm-tools >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • open-vm-tools-containerinfo >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • open-vm-tools-desktop >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • open-vm-tools-salt-minion >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • open-vm-tools-sdmp >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-1565
SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-15-SP6-2025-1565
SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP6-2025-1565
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7
  • libvmtools-devel >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • libvmtools0 >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • open-vm-tools >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • open-vm-tools-containerinfo >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • open-vm-tools-desktop >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • open-vm-tools-salt-minion >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • open-vm-tools-sdmp >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2025-1565
SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-15-SP7-2025-1565
SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP7-2025-1565
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1
  • libvmtools0 >= 12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • open-vm-tools >= 12.5.2-150300.58.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.1-2025-1658
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2
  • libvmtools0 >= 12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • open-vm-tools >= 12.5.2-150300.58.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2025-1658
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
  • libvmtools0 >= 12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • open-vm-tools >= 12.5.2-150300.58.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-1658
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
  • libvmtools0 >= 12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • open-vm-tools >= 12.5.2-150300.58.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-1658
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
  • libvmtools0 >= 12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • open-vm-tools >= 12.5.2-150300.58.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2025-1658
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6
  • libvmtools-devel >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • libvmtools0 >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • open-vm-tools >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • open-vm-tools-salt-minion >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • open-vm-tools-sdmp >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-1565
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7
  • libvmtools-devel >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • libvmtools0 >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • open-vm-tools >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • open-vm-tools-salt-minion >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • open-vm-tools-sdmp >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2025-1565
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP6
  • open-vm-tools-containerinfo >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-15-SP6-2025-1565
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP7
  • open-vm-tools-containerinfo >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-15-SP7-2025-1565
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP6
  • open-vm-tools-desktop >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP6-2025-1565
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7
  • open-vm-tools-desktop >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP7-2025-1565
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5
  • libvmtools0 >= 12.5.2-4.83.1
  • open-vm-tools >= 12.5.2-4.83.1
  • open-vm-tools-desktop >= 12.5.2-4.83.1
  • open-vm-tools-salt-minion >= 12.5.2-4.83.1
  • open-vm-tools-sdmp >= 12.5.2-4.83.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2025-1778
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0
  • libvmtools0 >= 12.5.2-1.1
  • open-vm-tools >= 12.5.2-1.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.0-345
openSUSE Leap 15.6
  • libvmtools-devel >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • libvmtools0 >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • open-vm-tools >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • open-vm-tools-containerinfo >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • open-vm-tools-desktop >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • open-vm-tools-salt-minion >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
  • open-vm-tools-sdmp >= 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-1565
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • libvmtools-devel >= 12.5.2-1.1
  • libvmtools0 >= 12.5.2-1.1
  • open-vm-tools >= 12.5.2-1.1
  • open-vm-tools-containerinfo >= 12.5.2-1.1
  • open-vm-tools-desktop >= 12.5.2-1.1
  • open-vm-tools-salt-minion >= 12.5.2-1.1
  • open-vm-tools-sdmp >= 12.5.2-1.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2025-15090

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud open-vm-tools In progress
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud open-vm-tools Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 open-vm-tools Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 open-vm-tools Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 open-vm-tools Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 open-vm-tools Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 open-vm-tools Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 open-vm-tools Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 open-vm-tools Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 open-vm-tools Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 open-vm-tools Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 open-vm-tools Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 open-vm-tools Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 open-vm-tools Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 open-vm-tools Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 open-vm-tools Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP6 open-vm-tools Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP7 open-vm-tools Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP6 open-vm-tools Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7 open-vm-tools Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 open-vm-tools Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 open-vm-tools Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 open-vm-tools Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 open-vm-tools Released
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 open-vm-tools Released
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 open-vm-tools Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 open-vm-tools Released
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud open-vm-tools In progress
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud open-vm-tools In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP3 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS Extended Security open-vm-tools Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 open-vm-tools Released
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP2 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 open-vm-tools Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 open-vm-tools Released
openSUSE Leap 15.4 open-vm-tools Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 open-vm-tools Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 open-vm-tools Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 open-vm-tools Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 open-vm-tools Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 open-vm-tools Affected
Products at an unknown state of their lifecycle.
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3-LTS open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3-LTS open-vm-tools Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3-LTS open-vm-tools Affected
Container Status
suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.2
suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.3
suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.4
suse/sle-micro/5.5		 open-vm-toolsReleased

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Mon May 12 14:00:04 2025
CVE page last modified: Sun Jun 15 12:20:56 2025