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  "id": "crds:cve-2022-22948",
  "revision": 1,
  "title": "VMware vCenter Server — files readable by the wrong accounts",
  "summary": "Files on the vCenter Server appliance carry default permissions that are too generous, so an account with non-administrative access reads sensitive data it was never meant to see.",
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    "kev_added": "2024-07-17",
    "prerequisites": "The attacker needs a non-administrative account on the vCenter Server."
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  "recommended_action": "Apply the vCenter Server update named in VMware advisory VMSA-2022-0009, and review which accounts still hold non-administrative access to the appliance.",
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  "published_at": "2022-03-29T18:15:08.040Z",
  "issued_at": "2026-09-24T12:52:19.575Z",
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    "file-permissions",
    "information-disclosure",
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