{
  "id": "CVE-2025-41244",
  "url": "https://spydr.io/cve/CVE-2025-41244",
  "published": "2025-09-29T17:15:30.843Z",
  "modified": "2026-06-17T09:22:39.880Z",
  "score": 7.8,
  "severity": "high",
  "cvss_version": "3.1",
  "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
  "score_source": "vmware.com",
  "epss": 0.08438,
  "epss_percentile": 0.9485,
  "exploited": true,
  "kev": {
    "added": "2025-10-30",
    "due": "2025-11-20",
    "action": "Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.",
    "ransomware": "Unknown",
    "name": "Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools Privilege Defined with Unsafe Actions Vulnerability",
    "notes": "https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36149 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41244"
  },
  "ssvc_exploitation": "active",
  "vendors": [
    "VMware"
  ],
  "products": [
    "VMware VCF operations",
    "VMware tools",
    "VMware Aria Operations",
    "VMware Cloud Foundation",
    "VMware Telco Cloud Platform",
    "VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure"
  ],
  "cwes": [
    "CWE-267"
  ],
  "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.",
  "status": "Analyzed",
  "score_type": "Secondary",
  "scores": {
    "cvss_v40": null,
    "cvss_v31": 7.8,
    "cvss_v30": null
  },
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "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",
      "tags": [
        "Permissions Required"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/29/10",
      "tags": [
        "Mailing List",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00000.html",
      "tags": [
        "Mailing List",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://blog.nviso.eu/2025/09/29/you-name-it-vmware-elevates-it-cve-2025-41244/",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36149",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-41244",
      "tags": [
        "US Government Resource"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "nvd_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41244",
  "covered_in": [],
  "attribution": [
    {
      "source": "NVD",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov",
      "notice": "This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD."
    },
    {
      "source": "CISA KEV",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
      "notice": "Known exploited vulnerabilities from the CISA KEV catalog."
    },
    {
      "source": "FIRST EPSS",
      "url": "https://www.first.org/epss",
      "notice": "Exploit prediction scores from FIRST EPSS."
    }
  ]
}