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CVE-2025-22224

Critical 🇺🇸 CISA KEV ⚡ Exploit Available
VMware ESXi and Workstation TOCTOU Race Condition - Out-of-Bounds Write
Published: Mar 4, 2025  ·  Source: CISA_KEV
CVSS v3
9.0
🔗 NVD Official
📄 Description (English)

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.

🤖 AI Executive Summary

VMware ESXi and Workstation contain a critical TOCTOU race condition vulnerability allowing local administrative users to execute arbitrary code on the host system. This vulnerability enables privilege escalation from guest VM to host hypervisor with CVSS 9.0 severity.

📄 Description (Arabic)

ثغرة TOCTOU في VMware ESXi و Workstation تسمح بكتابة خارج الحدود عند استغلالها من قبل مستخدم إداري محلي على جهاز افتراضي. يمكن للمهاجم تنفيذ أكواد عشوائية بامتيازات عملية VMX على نظام المضيف، مما يؤدي إلى اختراق كامل البنية التحتية الافتراضية.

🤖 ملخص تنفيذي (AI)

VMware ESXi و Workstation تحتوي على ثغرة حرجة في حالة التسابق TOCTOU تسمح للمستخدمين الإداريين المحليين بتنفيذ أكواد عشوائية على نظام المضيف. تمكن هذه الثغرة من تصعيد الامتيازات من جهاز VM الضيف إلى برنامج hypervisor المضيف.

🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: Apr 16, 2026 00:32
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
Saudi Relevance: high
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
banking telecom energy government healthcare
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
9.0
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
Immediately apply VMware security patches for ESXi and Workstation versions. Restrict local administrative access to virtual machines. Implement host-based intrusion detection. Monitor VMX process behavior for anomalies. Isolate critical VMs on separate hypervisor instances if patching is delayed.
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
طبق فوراً تصحيحات أمان VMware لإصدارات ESXi و Workstation. قيد الوصول الإداري المحلي للأجهزة الافتراضية. طبق كشف الاختراق على مستوى المضيف. راقب سلوك عملية VMX للكشف عن الشذوذ. عزل الأجهزة الافتراضية الحرجة على مثيلات hypervisor منفصلة إذا تأخر التصحيح.
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
ECC-1.1 ECC-2.1 ECC-3.1
🔵 SAMA CSF
ID.AM-2 PR.AC-1 PR.PT-1 DE.CM-1
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
A.5.1.1 A.6.1.1 A.9.2.1 A.12.6.1
🔗 References & Sources 0
No references.
📦 Affected Products / CPE 1 entries
VMware:ESXi and Workstation
📊 CVSS Score
9.0
/ 10.0 — Critical
📋 Quick Facts
Severity Critical
CVSS Score9.0
EPSS59.97%
Exploit ✓ Yes
Patch ✓ Yes
CISA KEV🇺🇸 Yes
KEV Due Date2025-03-25
Published 2025-03-04
Source Feed cisa_kev
Views 4
🇸🇦 Saudi Risk Score
9.0
/ 10.0 — Saudi Risk
Priority: CRITICAL
🏷️ Tags
kev actively-exploited
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