vulnerability
VMware VMware Tools: CVE-2025-41244: Local privilege escalation vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Sep 29, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | May 18, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Sep 29, 2025
Added
Sep 30, 2025
Modified
May 18, 2026
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.
Solution
vmware-tools-upgrade-latest
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