Privilege escalation in VMware Vrealize Operations

CVE-2022-31707

vRealize Operations (vROps) contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Important severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 7.2.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (61.0th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 61.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2022-31707: held from 0.010 to 0.010.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: +0.000

Affected products

  • VMware Vrealize Operations — versions 8.10.0
  • VMware Vrealize Operations (Vrops) — versions VMware vRealize Operations (vROps) (Multiple Versions)

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-31707?
CVE-2022-31707 is a high-severity vulnerability in VMware Vrealize Operations, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2022-12-16.
How severe is CVE-2022-31707?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-31707 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.