CVE-2025-41244
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-41244
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-41244.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-41244
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2025-09-29T17:15:30.843Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-23T05:07:14.753789876Z
- Severity
-
- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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.
- References
-
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-41244
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/29/10
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00000.html
- https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36149
- 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-/36149
- https://blog.nviso.eu/2025/09/29/you-name-it-vmware-elevates-it-cve-2025-41244/
Affected packages
Git / github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedIntroducedFixedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedIntroducedFixed
- Database specific
{ "versions": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "9.0" }, { "introduced": "11.2.0" }, { "fixed": "12.5.4" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "13.0.0" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "11.0" }, { "introduced": "12.5.0" }, { "fixed": "12.5.4" } ] }
Database specific
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-41244.json"
unresolved_ranges
[
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "8.0"
},
{
"fixed": "8.18.5"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "4.0"
},
{
"last_affected": "5.2.2"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "2.2"
},
{
"last_affected": "3.0"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "4.0"
},
{
"fixed": "5.0.1"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "13.0.0.0"
},
{
"fixed": "13.0.5.0"
}
]
}
]