CVE-2025-41244
KEVBroadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools Privilege Defined with Unsafe Actions Vulnerability
7.8
HighPublished:
Last updated:
Source:security@vmware.com
Analyzed
Weakness (CWE)
CVSS Vector
v3.1- Attack Vector
- Local
- Attack Complexity
- Low
- Privileges Required
- Low
- User Interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Description
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
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/29/10af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00000.html134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
https://blog.nviso.eu/2025/09/29/you-name-it-vmware-elevates-it-cve-2025-41244/134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36149134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-41244