# CVE-2022-22960

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'.

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2022-22960
- CVSS: 7.8
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2022-04-15; CISA due date 2022-05-06
- EPSS: 35.52% (percentile 98.5)
- Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total (assessed 2025-01-29)
- Weakness: CWE-732
- Published: 2022-04-13

## Affected versions

- VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation: affected Access 21.08.0.1, 21.08.0.0, 20.10.0.1, 20.10.0.0. Identity Manager 3.3.6, 3.3.5, 3.3.4, 3.3.3. vRealize Automation 7.6.

A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected.

## References

- [other] https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0011.html
- [other] http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171918/Mware-Workspace-ONE-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- [other] http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171918/VMware-Workspace-ONE-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- [other] http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171935/VMware-Workspace-ONE-Access-Privilege-Escalation.html
- [other] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-22960

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