Vulnerability Intelligence Report
VMSA-2025-0015: VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools updates address multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-41244,CVE-2025-41245, CVE-2025-41246)
CVE-2025-41244
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.
CISA KEV
SSVC: Active Exploitation
CVSS Base Score
7.8
HIGH
Exploitability:1.9
Impact Score:5.9
EPSS Probability:7.61%
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Attack Surface
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Authentication
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-267 ↗CWE-267
Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| VMware | VCF operations | 9.0.x < 9.0.1.0 (affected) |
| VMware | VMware tools | 13.x.x.x < 13.0.5.0 (affected), 12.5.x < 12.5.4 (affected) |
| VMware | VMware Aria Operations | 8.18.x < 8.18.5 (affected) |
| VMware | VMware Cloud Foundation | 5.x < 8.18.5 (affected), 4.x < 8.18.5 (affected) |
| VMware | VMware Telco Cloud Platform | 5.x < 8.18.5 (affected), 4.x < 8.18.5 (affected) |
| VMware | VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure | 3.x < 8.18.5 (affected), 2.x < 8.18.5 (affected) |
References & Technical Advisories
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Threat Intelligence Signals
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | VMware by Broadcom · Vendor · USA |
| Reserved | 2025-04-16T09:30:17 |
| Published | 2025-09-29T16:09:51 |
| Patch Date | 2025-09-29 |
| Last Updated | 2026-02-26T17:47:52 |
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