vulnerability
Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2025-41244: Important priority package update for open-vm-tools
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Sep 29, 2025 | Oct 16, 2025 | Oct 31, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Sep 29, 2025
Added
Oct 16, 2025
Modified
Oct 31, 2025
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.
A flaw was found in VMWare open-vm-tools. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM may exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges to root on the same VM.
A flaw was found in VMWare open-vm-tools. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM may exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges to root on the same VM.
Solutions
amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-open-vm-toolsamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-open-vm-tools-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-open-vm-tools-debugsourceamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-open-vm-tools-desktopamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-open-vm-tools-develamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-open-vm-tools-salt-minionamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-open-vm-tools-sdmpamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-open-vm-tools-testamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo
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