CVE detail
CVE-2022-31699
VMware ESXi contains a heap-overflow vulnerability. A malicious local actor with restricted privileges within a sandbox process may exploit this issue to achieve a partial information disclosure.
Buzz score
Why this CVE is surfacing
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Buzz score components · mention 11.0 · diversity 6.5 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Why it matters now
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Evidence
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2 source links · newest first
Hundreds of new servers were compromised in the past days as part of ESXiArgs ransomware attacks, but it’s still unclear which vulnerability is being exploited.
newswww.securityweek.comFeb 16, 2023, 9:36 AMOn Friday and over the weekend, several Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) sounded the alarm about an ongoing large scale ransomware attack…
newswww.malwarebytes.comFeb 5, 2023, 5:00 PM
Exploit code
Public exploit repository references
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