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CVE-2025-41244

HighPublished

VMSA-2025-0015: VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools updates address multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-41244,CVE-2025-41245, CVE-2025-41246)

Published: Sep 29, 2025
Updated: Feb 26, 2026
Assigning CNA: vmware
Evidence observed: Oct 30, 2025

Primary CVSS

7.8/ 10High

nvd · CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS probability estimate

8.4%

Low · next 30 days

Percentile: 94.8%
Model date: Sep 21, 2026

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CISA Known Exploited

This CVE appears in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Summary

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.

Sources

CVE-2025-41244Detection
Detection for CVE-2025-41244
CVE-2025-41244-PoCPoC
VMware Aria Operations < 4.18.5 & VMware Tools - Local Privilege Escalation
CVE-2025-41244Exploit
CVE-2025-41244 is a critical local privilege escalation vulnerability in VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools

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