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Exploited vulnerability

CVE-2025-22224

TLP:CLEAR

VMware ESXi and Workstation TOCTOU Race Condition Vulnerability

VMware ESXi and Workstation contain a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition vulnerability that leads to an out-of-bounds write. Successful exploitation enables an attacker with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host.

Facts

  • Vendor: VMware
  • Product: ESXi and Workstation
  • CVSS: 9.3
  • EPSS (probability of exploitation within 30 days): 1.6 %
  • On CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since: 4 March 2025
  • First known exploitation: 4 March 2025
  • CISA's deadline for US federal agencies: 25 March 2025
  • Weakness: CWE-367
  • First seen by Risk Letters: 4 March 2025

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Data: NVD (public domain), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, MITRE ATT&CK, AlienVault OTX. NVD

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