ghsa-76fp-m4vp-hxrq
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-09-29 18:33
Modified
2025-11-05 00:31
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-41244"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-267"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-09-29T17:15:30Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability.\u00a0A malicious local actor with non-administrative privileges having access to a VM with VMware Tools\u00a0installed and managed by Aria Operations with SDMP enabled may exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges to root on the same VM.",
  "id": "GHSA-76fp-m4vp-hxrq",
  "modified": "2025-11-05T00:31:28Z",
  "published": "2025-09-29T18:33:13Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41244"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://blog.nviso.eu/2025/09/29/you-name-it-vmware-elevates-it-cve-2025-41244"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00000.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36149"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-41244"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "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": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/29/10"
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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