The version of open-vm-tools installed on the remote host is prior to 12.3.0-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2025-2864 advisory.

    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.
    (CVE-2025-22247)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2025-982 advisory.

    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.
    (CVE-2025-22247)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The AlmaLinux 9.2 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2025:1751133361 advisory.

  - 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.
    (CVE-2025-22247)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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.
    (CVE-2025-22247)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:01565-1 advisory.

    Update to 12.5.2:

    Security fixes:

    - CVE-2025-22247: Fixed Insecure file handling (bsc#1243106)

    Other fixes:

    - Fixed GCC 15 compile time error (bsc#1241938)
    - Fix building with containerd 1.7.25+ (bsc#1237147)

    Full changelog:

    https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.5.2/ReleaseNotes.md     https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.5.2/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-23653a72d9 advisory.

    Update to version 12.5.2. Fixes [CVE-2025-22247](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-22247)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-007257 advisory.

    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

An update of the open package has been released.

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 / 25.04 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7508-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Open VM Tools incorrectly handled certain file operations. An attacker in a guest     could use this issue to perform insecure file operations and possibly elevate privileges in the guest.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2026:0019 advisory.

    Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

    CVE-2025-22247:
    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	名前	製品	ファミリー	公開日	更新日	深刻度
237483	Amazon Linux 2 : open-vm-tools (ALAS-2025-2864)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	2025/5/29	2025/5/29	medium
237669	Amazon Linux 2023 : open-vm-tools, open-vm-tools-desktop, open-vm-tools-devel (ALAS2023-2025-982)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	2025/6/2	2025/6/2	medium
361867	AlmaLinux 9.2 [TuxCare] Security Update: open-vm-tools / open-vm-tools-desktop / open-vm-tools-devel / etc (ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2025:1751133361)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	2026/10/1	2026/10/1	medium
251972	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-22247	Nessus	Misc.	2025/8/19	2026/11/5	medium
237548	SUSE SLED15: libvmtools-devel / libvmtools0 / open-vm-tools / etc (SUSE-SU-2025:01565-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	2025/5/30	2026/6/26	medium
241305	Fedora 42 : open-vm-tools (2025-23653a72d9)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	2025/7/3	2025/7/3	medium
306961	Unity Linux 20.1070a Security Update: open-vm-tools (UTSA-2026-007257)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	2026/4/17	2026/4/17	medium
332273	Photon OS 5.0: Open PHSA-2025-5.0-91-0523	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	2026/8/5	2026/11/2	medium
235829	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 / 25.04 : Open VM Tools vulnerability (USN-7508-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	2025/5/13	2025/5/13	medium
297529	Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0019: open-vm-tools (ALINUX3-SA-2026:0019)	Nessus	Alibaba Cloud Linux Local Security Checks	2026/2/2	2026/2/2	medium

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