SARA / Free Tools / KEV / CVE-2022-22960

CVE-2022-22960 on CISA KEV

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'.

CISA KEV — Actively Exploited

VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due t

Vendor / Product
— / —
Added to KEV
BOD 22-01 due
Ransomware use
CVSS / EPSS
7.8 · EPSS 36.92%

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

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'.

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

- CISA KEV: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

03Notes & references

No additional references available in the KB record.

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

06Detection

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