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CVE-2025-41244

Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools Privilege Defined with Unsafe Actions Vulnerability

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 ⚠ CISA KEV EPSS 0.00529
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  • Listed on CISA KEV (known exploited in the wild)
  • SSVC exploitation status: active
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules14 YARA rules0
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Required Remediation

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

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Weakness Classification

CWE-267Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions
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Affected Products & Versions

10
vmware aria operations>= 8.0 and < 8.18.5
vmware cloud foundation>= 4.0 and <= 5.2.2
vmware cloud foundation operationsall versions
vmware open vm tools>= 11.2.0 and < 12.5.4
vmware open vm toolsall versions
vmware telco cloud infrastructure>= 2.2 and <= 3.0
vmware telco cloud platform>= 4.0 and < 5.0.1
debian linuxall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocblog.nviso.eu · you-name-it-vmware-elevates-it-cve-2025-41244blog.nviso.eu
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Sigma Hunt Rules

14
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
productcriticalHackTool - Windows Credential Editor (WCE) Execution
productcriticalWindows Credential Editor Registry
producthighOpenCanary - MSSQL Login Attempt Via Windows Authentication
producthighWindows LAPS Credential Dump From Entra ID
producthighTamper Windows Defender - PSClassic
producthighTamper Windows Defender Remove-MpPreference - ScriptBlockLogging
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Scoring & Timeline

7.8
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · security@vmware.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD29 Sep 2025 · 05:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
active
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
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Vendor Advisories

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suse-csafsuse-ru-2026_20677-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2026:20067-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2026:20100-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2026:20114-1
cisaKEV-CVE-2025-41244
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References & Sources

4
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://support.broadcom.com/group/ecx/support-content-view/-/support-content/SecurityPermissions Required
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/29/10Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00000.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-41244US Government Resource
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