CVE-2025-41244
VMSA-2025-0015: VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools updates address multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-41244,CVE-2025-41245, CVE-2025-41246)
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
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.
| CWE | CWE-267 |
| Vendor | vmware |
| Product | vcf operations |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | TechnologyEnterprise |
| Published | Sep 29, 2025 |
| Last Updated | Feb 26, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected Versions
VMware / VCF operations
9.0.x < 9.0.1.0
VMware / VMware tools
13.x.x.x < 13.0.5.0 12.5.x < 12.5.4
VMware / VMware Aria Operations
8.18.x < 8.18.5
VMware / VMware Cloud Foundation
5.x < 8.18.5 4.x < 8.18.5
VMware / VMware Telco Cloud Platform
5.x < 8.18.5 4.x < 8.18.5
VMware / VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure
3.x < 8.18.5 2.x < 8.18.5
References
support.broadcom.com: 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 blog.nviso.eu: https://blog.nviso.eu/2025/09/29/you-name-it-vmware-elevates-it-cve-2025-41244/ support.broadcom.com: https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36149 cisa.gov: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-41244 lists.debian.org: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00000.html openwall.com: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/29/10