CVE-2025-41244

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 Toolsinstalled 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
NISTNIST
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
CISA-ADPADP
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 79%
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
vmwaretools
12.5.0 ≤
𝑥
< 12.5.4
vmwaretools
13.0.0.0 ≤
𝑥
< 13.0.5.0
debiandebian_linux
11.0
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
open-vm-tools
bullseye
vulnerable
trixie
no-dsa
bookworm
no-dsa
bullseye (security)
2:11.2.5-2+deb11u5
fixed
bookworm (security)
vulnerable
forky
2:13.0.5-1
fixed
sid
2:13.0.5-1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
open-vm-tools
plucky
Fixed 2:12.5.0-1ubuntu0.2
released
noble
Fixed 2:12.5.0-1~ubuntu0.24.04.2
released
jammy
Fixed 2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3
released
focal
Fixed 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.8+esm1
released
bionic
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
trusty
not-affected