CVE-2025-41246
VMware Tools for Windows contains an improper authorisation vulnerability due to the way it handles user access controls.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.28%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
VMware Tools for Windows contains an improper authorisation vulnerability due to the way it handles user access controls. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM, who is already authenticated through vCenter or ESX may exploit this issue to access other guest VMs. Successful exploitation requires knowledge of credentials of the targeted VMs and vCenter or ESX.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.6 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.28% probability · 20th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-863
- Source
- security@vmware.com
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.