UBUNTU-CVE-2025-41244

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-41244
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-41244.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-41244
Upstream
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-09-29T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-11-03T05:18:48Z
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
  • Ubuntu - medium
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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / open-vm-tools

Package

Name
open-vm-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/open-vm-tools@2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.8+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.8+esm1

Affected versions

2:10.*

2:10.3.10-3ubuntu1

2:11.*

2:11.0.1-2
2:11.0.1-3
2:11.0.1-3ubuntu1
2:11.0.1-4
2:11.0.5-1
2:11.0.5-2
2:11.0.5-3
2:11.0.5-4
2:11.1.0-2~ubuntu20.04.1
2:11.1.5-1~ubuntu20.04.2
2:11.2.5-2ubuntu1~ubuntu20.04.1
2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.1
2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.2
2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3
2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.4
2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.5
2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.6
2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.7
2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-desktop"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-sdmp"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / open-vm-tools

Package

Name
open-vm-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/open-vm-tools@2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3

Affected versions

2:11.*

2:11.3.0-2ubuntu1
2:11.3.0-2ubuntu2
2:11.3.5-1
2:11.3.5-1ubuntu2
2:11.3.5-1ubuntu3
2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4
2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1

2:12.*

2:12.1.0-1~ubuntu0.22.04.1
2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.1
2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2
2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3
2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.4
2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.1
2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-containerinfo"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-desktop"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-salt-minion"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-sdmp"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / open-vm-tools

Package

Name
open-vm-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/open-vm-tools@2:12.5.0-1~ubuntu0.24.04.2?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:12.5.0-1~ubuntu0.24.04.2

Affected versions

2:12.*

2:12.3.0-1
2:12.3.5-1
2:12.3.5-3
2:12.3.5-4
2:12.3.5-5build1
2:12.3.5-5build2
2:12.3.5-5build3
2:12.4.5-1~ubuntu0.24.04.1
2:12.4.5-1~ubuntu0.24.04.2
2:12.5.0-1~ubuntu0.24.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2:12.5.0-1~ubuntu0.24.04.2",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:12.5.0-1~ubuntu0.24.04.2",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-containerinfo"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:12.5.0-1~ubuntu0.24.04.2",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-desktop"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:12.5.0-1~ubuntu0.24.04.2",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:12.5.0-1~ubuntu0.24.04.2",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-salt-minion"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:12.5.0-1~ubuntu0.24.04.2",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-sdmp"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:25.04 / open-vm-tools

Package

Name
open-vm-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/open-vm-tools@2:12.5.0-1ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:12.5.0-1ubuntu0.2

Affected versions

2:12.*

2:12.4.5-1
2:12.5.0-1
2:12.5.0-1ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2:12.5.0-1ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:12.5.0-1ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-containerinfo"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:12.5.0-1ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-desktop"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:12.5.0-1ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:12.5.0-1ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-salt-minion"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:12.5.0-1ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-sdmp"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}