{"cve":"CVE-2025-41244","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-29T17:15:30.843","modified":"2026-10-18T21:10:00.120","status":"Analyzed","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-267"],"references":["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","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/29/10","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00000.html","https://blog.nviso.eu/2025/09/29/you-name-it-vmware-elevates-it-cve-2025-41244/","https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36149"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","vmware:aria_operations","vmware:cloud_foundation","vmware:cloud_foundation_operations","vmware:open_vm_tools","vmware:telco_cloud_infrastructure","vmware:telco_cloud_platform","vmware:tools"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:10:08.713834912+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-41244","score":0.08629,"percentile":0.95064,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":{"cve":"CVE-2025-41244","date_added":"2025-10-30","due_date":"2025-11-20","vendor":"Broadcom","product":"VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools","known_ransomware":false},"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}