CVE-2025-41244
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| VMware | VCF operations | 9.0.x < 9.0.1.0 | affected |
| VMware | VMware tools | 13.x.x.x < 13.0.5.0 | affected |
| VMware | VMware tools | 12.5.x < 12.5.4 | affected |
| VMware | VMware Aria Operations | 8.18.x < 8.18.5 | affected |
| VMware | VMware Cloud Foundation | 5.x < 8.18.5 | affected |
| VMware | VMware Cloud Foundation | 4.x < 8.18.5 | affected |
| VMware | VMware Telco Cloud Platform | 5.x < 8.18.5 | affected |
| VMware | VMware Telco Cloud Platform | 4.x < 8.18.5 | affected |
| VMware | VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure | 3.x < 8.18.5 | affected |
| VMware | VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure | 2.x < 8.18.5 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-267: CWE-267
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: active
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: total
Additional References
- https://blog.nviso.eu/2025/09/29/you-name-it-vmware-elevates-it-cve-2025-41244/
- https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36149
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-41244
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00000.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/29/10
References
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