# CVE-2025-41244

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.

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2025-41244
- CVSS: 7.8
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2025-10-30; CISA due date 2025-11-20
- EPSS: 8.63%
- Unvetted proof-of-concept code on GitHub: 3 GitHub proofs of concept (first 2025-09-30)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total (assessed 2025-10-30)
- Weakness: CWE-267
- Published: 2025-09-29

## Affected versions

- VMware VCF operations: affected >= 9.0.x and < 9.0.1.0
- VMware VMware Aria Operations: affected >= 8.18.x and < 8.18.5
- VMware VMware Cloud Foundation: affected >= 5.x and < 8.18.5; >= 4.x and < 8.18.5
- VMware VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure: affected >= 3.x and < 8.18.5; >= 2.x and < 8.18.5
- VMware VMware Telco Cloud Platform: affected >= 5.x and < 8.18.5; >= 4.x and < 8.18.5
- VMware VMware tools: affected >= 13.x.x.x and < 13.0.5.0; >= 12.5.x and < 12.5.4

A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected.

## References

- [other] 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
- [exploit] https://blog.nviso.eu/2025/09/29/you-name-it-vmware-elevates-it-cve-2025-41244/
- [advisory] https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36149
- [other] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-41244
- [other] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00000.html
- [other] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/29/10

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