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.
History

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 13:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 30 Sep 2025 09:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Vmware
Vmware aria Operations
Vmware cloud Foundation
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Vendors & Products Vmware
Vmware aria Operations
Vmware cloud Foundation
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Mon, 29 Sep 2025 16:30:00 +0000

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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.
Title VMSA-2025-0015: VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools updates address multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-41244,CVE-2025-41245, CVE-2025-41246)
Weaknesses CWE-267
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published:

Updated: 2025-09-30T12:17:43.741Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T09:30:17.799Z

Link: CVE-2025-41244

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-09-30T12:17:39.261Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-09-29T17:15:30.843

Modified: 2025-09-30T13:15:50.817

Link: CVE-2025-41244

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