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CVE-2025-41244
high 7.8 Known exploited
VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious local actor with non-administrative privileges having access to a VM with VMware Tools installed and managed by Aria Operations with SDMP enabled may exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges to root on the same VM.
Details
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- Last changed
- Source
- security@vmware.com
- Weakness
- CWE-267
Severity
| Version | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | high 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
security@vmware.comSecondary |
Affected products
Vendor and product from the NVD’s CPE applicability statements. Versions and conditions are on the NVD’s page.
- vmware · aria_operations
- vmware · cloud_foundation
- vmware · cloud_foundation_operations
- vmware · open_vm_tools
- vmware · telco_cloud_infrastructure
- vmware · telco_cloud_platform
- debian · debian_linux
- vmware · tools
References
- http://support.broadcom.com/group/ecx/support-content-view/-/support-content/Security%20Advisories/VMSA-2025-0015--VMware-Aria-Operations-and-VMware-Tools-updates-address-multiple-vulnerabilities--CVE-2025-41244-CVE-2025-41245--CVE-2025-41246-/36149Permissions Required
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/29/10Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00000.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://blog.nviso.eu/2025/09/29/you-name-it-vmware-elevates-it-cve-2025-41244/ExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36149Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-41244US Government Resource