{"cve_id":"CVE-2025-41244","published":"2025-09-29T17:15:30.843000+00:00","last_modified":"2026-10-18T21:10:00.120000+00:00","vuln_status":"Analyzed","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.","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","base_score":7.8,"base_severity":"HIGH","attack_vector":"LOCAL","privileges_req":"LOW","user_interaction":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","impact_c":"HIGH","impact_i":"HIGH","impact_a":"HIGH","cwe_ids":["CWE-267"],"in_kev":true,"kev_date_added":"2025-10-30","kev_ransomware":false,"epss_score":0.08629,"epss_percentile":0.95102,"cap_rule_version":"0.1.1","stage":"PRIV_ESC","req_access":"USER","req_vector":"LOCAL","req_user_interaction":false,"grant_access":"PRIV","caps":["CODE_EXEC","PRIV_GAIN"],"terminal":false,"cap_confidence":"high","ingested_at":"2026-10-28T03:23:10.914582+00:00","first_seen":"2025-09-29T17:15:30.843000+00:00","kev_first_seen":"2025-10-30T00:00:00+00:00","novelty_score":0.0,"novelty_reasons":[],"novelty_at":null,"vendors":["debian","linux","microsoft","vmware"],"products":["aria_operations","cloud_foundation","cloud_foundation_operations","debian_linux","linux_kernel","open_vm_tools","telco_cloud_infrastructure","telco_cloud_platform","tools","windows"],"affected":[{"vendor":"debian","product":"debian_linux","ranges":["11.0"]},{"vendor":"vmware","product":"aria_operations","ranges":["≥ 8.0 and < 8.18.5"]},{"vendor":"vmware","product":"cloud_foundation","ranges":["≥ 4.0 and ≤ 5.2.2"]},{"vendor":"vmware","product":"cloud_foundation_operations","ranges":["9.0"]},{"vendor":"vmware","product":"open_vm_tools","ranges":["13.0.0","≥ 11.2.0 and < 12.5.4"]},{"vendor":"vmware","product":"telco_cloud_infrastructure","ranges":["≥ 2.2 and ≤ 3.0"]},{"vendor":"vmware","product":"telco_cloud_platform","ranges":["≥ 4.0 and < 5.0.1"]},{"vendor":"vmware","product":"tools","ranges":["≥ 12.5.0 and < 12.5.4","≥ 13.0.0.0 and < 13.0.5.0"]}]}