CVE-2022-31676: 
Bottlerocket vulnerability analysis and mitigation

VMware Tools (versions 12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability identified as CVE-2022-31676. The vulnerability was disclosed on August 23, 2022, affecting VMware Tools and open-vm-tools implementations across Windows and Linux platforms (VMware Advisory, CVE Details).

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSSv3 base score of 7.0 (High severity). The vulnerability exists in the VMware Tools implementation where a pipe accessible to unprivileged users in the VMWare guest does not sufficiently sanitize input (Gentoo Security, VMware Advisory).

When successfully exploited, this vulnerability could lead to disclosure of sensitive information, addition or modification of data, or Denial of Service (DoS). A malicious actor with local non-administrative access to the Guest OS can escalate privileges to root user in the virtual machine (NetApp Security, VMware Advisory).

VMware has released patches to address this vulnerability. For Windows systems, users should upgrade to VMware Tools version 12.1.0, and for Linux systems, users should upgrade to either version 12.1.0 or 10.3.25 depending on their Linux release version. No workarounds are available for this vulnerability (VMware Advisory).