{"id":"CVE-2025-41244","aliases":[],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2025-41244","summary":null,"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.","published":"2025-09-29T17:15:30.843Z","modified":"2026-04-16T04:39:52.681449463Z","cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"epss":{"score":0.08142,"percentile":0.94418,"asOf":"2026-08-27"},"cisaKev":{"dateAdded":"2025-10-30","dueDate":"2025-11-20","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":false},"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-41244"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/29/10"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00000.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36149"},{"type":"REPORT","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"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://blog.nviso.eu/2025/09/29/you-name-it-vmware-elevates-it-cve-2025-41244/"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","CISA KEV","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-04-16T04:39:52.681449463Z"}}