CVE-2025-41244

EUVD-2025-31589
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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
7.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vmwareCNA
7.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 76%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
vmwarearia_operations
8.0 ≤
𝑥
< 8.18.5
vmwarecloud_foundation
4.0 ≤
𝑥
≤ 5.2.2
vmwarecloud_foundation_operations
9.0
vmwareopen_vm_tools
11.2.0 ≤
𝑥
< 12.5.4
vmwareopen_vm_tools
13.0.0
vmwaretelco_cloud_infrastructure
2.2 ≤
𝑥
≤ 3.0
vmwaretelco_cloud_platform
4.0 ≤
𝑥
< 5.0.1
debiandebian_linux
11.0
vmwaretools
12.5.0 ≤
𝑥
< 12.5.4
vmwaretools
13.0.0.0 ≤
𝑥
< 13.0.5.0
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
open-vm-tools
bookworm
2:12.2.0-1+deb12u4
fixed
bookworm (security)
vulnerable
bullseye
vulnerable
bullseye (security)
2:11.2.5-2+deb11u5
fixed
forky
2:13.0.10-1
fixed
sid
2:13.0.10-1
fixed
trixie
2:12.5.0-2+deb13u1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
open-vm-tools
bionic
not-affected
focal
Fixed 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.8+esm1
released
jammy
Fixed 2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3
released
noble
Fixed 2:12.5.0-1~ubuntu0.24.04.2
released
plucky
Fixed 2:12.5.0-1ubuntu0.2
released
trusty
not-affected
xenial
not-affected