{
    "id": "CVE-2025-41244",
    "published": "2025-09-29 17:15:30",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 09:22:39",
    "cvss_score": "7.8",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-267",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.08438",
    "epss_percentile": "0.94818",
    "kev": 1,
    "kev_due": "2025-11-20",
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-27 18:17:50",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 1,
        "label": "Patch first",
        "why": "On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2025-11-20."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "debian",
            "product": "debian_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "linux",
            "product": "linux_kernel"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "vmware",
            "product": "aria_operations"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "vmware",
            "product": "cloud_foundation"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "vmware",
            "product": "cloud_foundation_operations"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "vmware",
            "product": "open_vm_tools"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "vmware",
            "product": "telco_cloud_infrastructure"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "vmware",
            "product": "telco_cloud_platform"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "vmware",
            "product": "tools"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": {
        "cve_id": "CVE-2025-41244",
        "date_added": "2025-10-30",
        "due_date": "2025-11-20",
        "vendor": "Broadcom",
        "product": "VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools",
        "name": "Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools Privilege Defined with Unsafe Actions Vulnerability",
        "ransomware": 0
    },
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "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",
        "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-41244"
    ]
}