CVE-2022-22948

MEDIUM

6.5

CVSS Score

Published: March 29, 2022 at 05:24 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:29 AM UTC

2 products affected across 1 vendorCloud FoundationvCenter Server

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Severity

MEDIUM6.5

Exploitation

CISA KEV

Exploit prediction

EPSS 13%

SSVC

Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score13.3%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 13.3% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 96% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

VMware vCenter Server contains an incorrect default file permissions vulnerability that allows a remote, privileged attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

Required Action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Ransomware Use

Unknown

Added to KEV

Jul 17, 2024

Remediation Due

Aug 7, 2024

810 days overdue

Notes

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0009.html

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22948

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Cloud Foundation · VMware

95%

v < 7.03.0 ≤ v < 3.114.0 ≤ v < 4.4.14.0 ≤ v < 5.03.0 4.0

Affected range stops below 3.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 4.4.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 5.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 7.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

vCenter Server · VMware

95%

Affected range stops below 6.5_u3r, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 6.7_u3p, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 7.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 7.0_u3d, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0009.html

References (2)

x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0009.html

US Government Resource

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-22948

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCActiveNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.5MEDIUMCISA-ADP

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: LOW
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: NONE
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED

CWE

CWE-276

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