{"id":"CVE-2025-41244","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"VMSA-2025-0015: VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools updates address multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-41244,CVE-2025-41245, CVE-2025-41246)","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.","publishedAt":"2025-09-29T16:09:51.871Z","updatedAt":"2026-02-26T17:47:52.174Z","severity":{"score":7.8,"label":"High","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","source":"vmware"},"assigner":"vmware","products":["VMware VCF operations","VMware VMware tools","VMware VMware Aria Operations","VMware VMware Cloud Foundation","VMware VMware Telco Cloud Platform","VMware VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure"],"affected":[{"vendor":"VMware","product":"VCF operations","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"9.0.x","status":"affected","lessThan":"9.0.1.0","versionType":"commercial"}]},{"vendor":"VMware","product":"VMware tools","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"13.x.x.x","status":"affected","lessThan":"13.0.5.0","versionType":"commercial"},{"version":"12.5.x","status":"affected","lessThan":"12.5.4","versionType":"commercial"}]},{"vendor":"VMware","product":"VMware Aria Operations","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"8.18.x","status":"affected","lessThan":"8.18.5","versionType":"commercial"}]},{"vendor":"VMware","product":"VMware Cloud Foundation","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"5.x","status":"affected","lessThan":"8.18.5","versionType":"commercial"},{"version":"4.x","status":"affected","lessThan":"8.18.5","versionType":"commercial"}]},{"vendor":"VMware","product":"VMware Telco Cloud Platform","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"5.x","status":"affected","lessThan":"8.18.5","versionType":"commercial"},{"version":"4.x","status":"affected","lessThan":"8.18.5","versionType":"commercial"}]},{"vendor":"VMware","product":"VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"3.x","status":"affected","lessThan":"8.18.5","versionType":"commercial"},{"version":"2.x","status":"affected","lessThan":"8.18.5","versionType":"commercial"}]}],"references":["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/","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","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00000.html","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/29/10"],"weaknesses":["CWE-267"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:09:09.358Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2025/41xxx/CVE-2025-41244.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2025-41244","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2025-09-29T16:09:51.871Z","dateUpdated":"2026-02-26T17:47:52.174Z","assignerShortName":"vmware","assignerOrgId":"dcf2e128-44bd-42ed-91e8-88f912c1401d","dateReserved":"2025-04-16T09:30:17.799Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"VMSA-2025-0015: VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools updates address multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-41244,CVE-2025-41245, CVE-2025-41246)","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"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":[{"vendor":"VMware","product":"VCF operations","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"9.0.x","status":"affected","lessThan":"9.0.1.0","versionType":"commercial"}]},{"vendor":"VMware","product":"VMware tools","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"13.x.x.x","status":"affected","lessThan":"13.0.5.0","versionType":"commercial"},{"version":"12.5.x","status":"affected","lessThan":"12.5.4","versionType":"commercial"}]},{"vendor":"VMware","product":"VMware Aria Operations","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"8.18.x","status":"affected","lessThan":"8.18.5","versionType":"commercial"}]},{"vendor":"VMware","product":"VMware Cloud Foundation","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"5.x","status":"affected","lessThan":"8.18.5","versionType":"commercial"},{"version":"4.x","status":"affected","lessThan":"8.18.5","versionType":"commercial"}]},{"vendor":"VMware","product":"VMware Telco Cloud Platform","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"5.x","status":"affected","lessThan":"8.18.5","versionType":"commercial"},{"version":"4.x","status":"affected","lessThan":"8.18.5","versionType":"commercial"}]},{"vendor":"VMware","product":"VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"3.x","status":"affected","lessThan":"8.18.5","versionType":"commercial"},{"version":"2.x","status":"affected","lessThan":"8.18.5","versionType":"commercial"}]}],"references":[{"url":"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"}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"format":"CVSS","scenarios":[{"lang":"en","value":"GENERAL"}]}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-267","description":"CWE-267","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"vmware","orgId":"dcf2e128-44bd-42ed-91e8-88f912c1401d","dateUpdated":"2025-09-29T16:16:24.967Z"},"datePublic":"2025-09-29T16:00:00.000Z","source":{"discovery":"UNKNOWN"},"x_generator":{"engine":"Vulnogram 0.2.0"}},"adp":[{"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment","references":[{"url":"https://blog.nviso.eu/2025/09/29/you-name-it-vmware-elevates-it-cve-2025-41244/","tags":["exploit","technical-description"]},{"url":"https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36149","tags":["vendor-advisory"]},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-41244","tags":["government-resource"]}],"metrics":[{"other":{"type":"ssvc","content":{"id":"CVE-2025-41244","role":"CISA Coordinator","options":[{"Exploitation":"active"},{"Automatable":"no"},{"Technical Impact":"total"}],"version":"2.0.3","timestamp":"2025-10-30T03:56:00.543163Z"}}},{"other":{"type":"kev","content":{"dateAdded":"2025-10-30","reference":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-41244"}}}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CISA-ADP","orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","dateUpdated":"2026-02-26T17:47:52.174Z"},"timeline":[{"time":"2025-10-30T00:00:00.000Z","lang":"en","value":"CVE-2025-41244 added to CISA KEV"}]},{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00000.html"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/29/10"}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CVE","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","dateUpdated":"2025-11-04T21:10:25.953Z"}}]}}}