CVE-2022-31672 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

VMware vRealize Operations contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with administrative network access can escalate privileges to root.

Published: 2022-08-09

Score: 6.4 Medium

EPSS: 1.0% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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VMware vRealize Operations

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`VMware vRealize Operations (8.x prior to 8.6.4)`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-53100	VMware vRealize Operations contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with administrative network access can escalate privileges to root.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01047.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0022.html

History

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-269
Metrics	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`	ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}` cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

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Vmware Vrealize Operations

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published: 2022-08-09T20:18:53.000Z

Updated: 2025-08-27T18:43:19.905Z

Reserved: 2022-05-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-31672

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T07:26:01.078Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-08-10T20:15:44.017

Modified: 2025-08-27T19:15:35.133

Link: CVE-2022-31672

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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