CVE-2025-41244HIGH 7.8CISA KEVEPSS p93.8%
CVE-2025-41244Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools Privilege Defined with Unsafe Actions Vulnerability
Broadcom / VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools
Description
Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools contain a privilege defined with unsafe actions 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.
Scoring
| CVSS 3.1 | 7.8 (HIGH) |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 7.61% probability of exploitation · percentile 93.8% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z |
| Published | 2025-09-29 |
| Last modified | 2025-11-06 |
CISA KEV entry
Added to KEV: 2025-10-30
Underlying weaknesses· 1
References
- 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
1
| Type | Target | Confidence | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actionscwe-267 | 0% | live |
(incoming)1
| Type | Target | Confidence | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| KEVEntry | Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools Privilege Defined with Unsafe Actions Vulnerabilitykev-cve-2025-41244 | 0% | live |
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