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Mageia 9: MGASA-2025-0166 critical: open-vm-tools insecure file handling

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) . MGASA-2025-0166 - Updated open-vm-tools packages fix security vulnerability Publication date: 27 May 2025 URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2025-0166.html Type: security Affected Mageia releases: 9 CVE: 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. (CVE-2025-22247) References: - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34271 - https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/12/2 - https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it./message/YDQBVVMNJB6EXDLSUNBCHZTNRBLXJEFU/ - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-22247 SRPMS: - 9/core/open-vm-tools-12.3.5-2.1.mga9 . Mageia has released MGASA-2025-0166, which updates open-vm-tools to rectify a vulnerability in file management that could be exploited by non-admin users.. vmware tools,insecure file handling,security advisory,Mageia security,update package. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

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