{"id":"CVE-2025-41244","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-41244","generatedAt":"2026-10-31T05:59:03.275Z","title":"Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools Privilege Defined with Unsafe Actions Vulnerability","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.","published":"2025-09-29T17:15:31.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-18T21:10:00.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"security@vmware.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-267"],"affected":["vmware/aria operations","vmware/cloud foundation","vmware/cloud foundation operations","vmware/open vm tools","vmware/telco cloud infrastructure","vmware/telco cloud platform","debian/debian linux","vmware/tools"],"epss":{"score":0.08629,"percentile":0.95094,"date":"2026-10-30","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2025-10-30","dueDate":"2025-11-20","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","notes":"Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.\nhttps://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36149 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41244"},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 20 November 2025). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise."},"changes":[],"references":[{"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","tags":["Permissions Required"],"source":"security@vmware.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/29/10","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00000.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://blog.nviso.eu/2025/09/29/you-name-it-vmware-elevates-it-cve-2025-41244/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"},{"url":"https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36149","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-41244","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41244","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}