Summary
Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 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.
Fixed packages 7
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux · 2 | open-vm-tools | 0:12.3.0-1.amzn2.0.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | open-vm-tools-debuginfo | 0:12.3.0-1.amzn2.0.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | open-vm-tools-desktop | 0:12.3.0-1.amzn2.0.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | open-vm-tools-devel | 0:12.3.0-1.amzn2.0.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | open-vm-tools-salt-minion | 0:12.3.0-1.amzn2.0.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | open-vm-tools-sdmp | 0:12.3.0-1.amzn2.0.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | open-vm-tools-test | 0:12.3.0-1.amzn2.0.2 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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Medium 6.1
Insecure file handling vulnerability
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.
References
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web
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2025-22247.html