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.

INFO

Published Date :

2025-09-29T16:09:51.871Z

Last Modified :

2026-02-26T17:47:52.174Z

Source :

vmware
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-41244 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Debian
  • Debian Linux
Linux
  • Linux Kernel
Microsoft
  • Windows
Vmware
  • Aria Operations
  • Cloud Foundation
  • Cloud Foundation Operations
  • Open Vm Tools
  • Telco Cloud Infrastructure
  • Telco Cloud Platform
  • Tools
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2025-41244.

URL Resource
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 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/29/10 cve-icon
https://blog.nviso.eu/2025/09/29/you-name-it-vmware-elevates-it-cve-2025-41244/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00000.html cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41244 cve-icon
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36149 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-41244 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-41244 cve-icon
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