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CVE-2025-41244 - Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools

AI Vulnerability Context

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.

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CISA KEVHIGH
CVE ID
CVE-2025-41244
Vendor/project
Broadcom
Product
VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools
Vulnerability name
Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools Privilege Defined with Unsafe Actions Vulnerability
Date added
2025-10-30
Due date
2025-11-20
Known ransomware campaign use
Unknown
CVSS v3
7.8
CWE-267

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NVD CVE pagehttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41244CVE API docshttps://nvd.nist.gov/developers/vulnerabilitiesData feedshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/data-feedsCataloghttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalogData repositoryhttps://github.com/cisagov/kev-datasecurity@vmware.comhttp://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-/36149af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/29/10af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00000.html134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://blog.nviso.eu/2025/09/29/you-name-it-vmware-elevates-it-cve-2025-41244/134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36149134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-41244