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CVE-2025-41244 (GCVE-0-2025-41244)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2025-09-29 16:09 – Updated: 2026-02-26 17:47Title
VMSA-2025-0015: VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools updates address multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-41244,CVE-2025-41245, CVE-2025-41246)
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: active
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
6 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://support.broadcom.com/group/ecx/support-con… | |
| https://blog.nviso.eu/2025/09/29/you-name-it-vmwa… | exploittechnical-description |
| https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-cont… | vendor-advisory |
| https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit… | government-resource |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025… | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/0… |
Impacted products
6 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| VMware | VCF operations |
Affected:
9.0.x , < 9.0.1.0
(commercial)
|
|
| VMware | VMware tools |
Affected:
13.x.x.x , < 13.0.5.0
(commercial)
Affected: 12.5.x , < 12.5.4 (commercial) |
|
| VMware | VMware Aria Operations |
Affected:
8.18.x , < 8.18.5
(commercial)
|
|
| VMware | VMware Cloud Foundation |
Affected:
5.x , < 8.18.5
(commercial)
Affected: 4.x , < 8.18.5 (commercial) |
|
| VMware | VMware Telco Cloud Platform |
Affected:
5.x , < 8.18.5
(commercial)
Affected: 4.x , < 8.18.5 (commercial) |
|
| VMware | VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure |
Affected:
3.x , < 8.18.5
(commercial)
Affected: 2.x , < 8.18.5 (commercial) |
Date Public
2025-09-29 16:00
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CVE-2023-34059 (GCVE-0-2023-34059)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2023-10-27 04:53 – Updated: 2025-03-06 15:39
VLAI
Summary
open-vm-tools contains a file descriptor hijack vulnerability in the vmware-user-suid-wrapper. A malicious actor with non-root privileges may be able to hijack the
/dev/uinput file descriptor allowing them to simulate user inputs.
Severity
7.4 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- File descriptor hijack vulnerability
- CWE-404 - Improper Resource Shutdown or Release
Assigner
References
11 references
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | open-vm-tools |
Affected:
11.0.0 , ≤ 12.3.0
(custom)
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CVE-2023-34058 (GCVE-0-2023-34058)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2023-10-27 04:53 – Updated: 2025-03-06 15:40
VLAI
Summary
VMware Tools contains a SAML token signature bypass vulnerability. A malicious actor that has been granted Guest Operation Privileges https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-security/GUID-6A952214-0E5E-4CCF-9D2A-90948FF643EC.html in a target virtual machine may be able to elevate their privileges if that target virtual machine has been assigned a more privileged Guest Alias https://vdc-download.vmware.com/vmwb-repository/dcr-public/d1902b0e-d479-46bf-8ac9-cee0e31e8ec0/07ce8dbd-db48-4261-9b8f-c6d3ad8ba472/vim.vm.guest.AliasManager.html .
Severity
7.1 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- SAML Token Signature Bypass vulnerability
- CWE-347 - Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
Assigner
References
7 references
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
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| n/a | VMware Tools |
Affected:
12.x.x
Affected: 11.x.x Affected: 10.3.x |
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Affected:
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CVE-2023-20900 (GCVE-0-2023-20900)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2023-08-31 09:45 – Updated: 2024-08-02 09:21
VLAI
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Severity
7.1 (High)
CWE
- SAML Token Signature Bypass vulnerability
Assigner
References
9 references
Impacted products
3 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
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| n/a | VMware Tools |
Affected:
12.x.x
Affected: 11.x.x Affected: 10.3.x |
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| n/a | VMware Tools |
Affected:
10.3.x
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| n/a | VMware Tools (open-vm-tools) |
Affected:
12.x.x
Affected: 11.x.x Affected: 10.3.x |
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CVE-2009-1142 (GCVE-0-2009-1142)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2022-11-23 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-25 20:50
VLAI
Summary
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SSVC
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CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- n/a
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Assigner
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CVE-2025-41244 (GCVE-0-2025-41244)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-29 16:09 – Updated: 2026-02-26 17:47Title
VMSA-2025-0015: VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools updates address multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-41244,CVE-2025-41245, CVE-2025-41246)
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: active
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
6 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://support.broadcom.com/group/ecx/support-con… | |
| https://blog.nviso.eu/2025/09/29/you-name-it-vmwa… | exploittechnical-description |
| https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-cont… | vendor-advisory |
| https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit… | government-resource |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025… | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/0… |
Impacted products
6 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| VMware | VCF operations |
Affected:
9.0.x , < 9.0.1.0
(commercial)
|
|
| VMware | VMware tools |
Affected:
13.x.x.x , < 13.0.5.0
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Affected: 12.5.x , < 12.5.4 (commercial) |
|
| VMware | VMware Aria Operations |
Affected:
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(commercial)
|
|
| VMware | VMware Cloud Foundation |
Affected:
5.x , < 8.18.5
(commercial)
Affected: 4.x , < 8.18.5 (commercial) |
|
| VMware | VMware Telco Cloud Platform |
Affected:
5.x , < 8.18.5
(commercial)
Affected: 4.x , < 8.18.5 (commercial) |
|
| VMware | VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure |
Affected:
3.x , < 8.18.5
(commercial)
Affected: 2.x , < 8.18.5 (commercial) |
Date Public
2025-09-29 16:00
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CVE-2023-34059 (GCVE-0-2023-34059)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-27 04:53 – Updated: 2025-03-06 15:39
VLAI
Summary
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CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
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Impacted products
1 product
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CVE-2023-34058 (GCVE-0-2023-34058)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-27 04:53 – Updated: 2025-03-06 15:40
VLAI
Summary
VMware Tools contains a SAML token signature bypass vulnerability. A malicious actor that has been granted Guest Operation Privileges https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-security/GUID-6A952214-0E5E-4CCF-9D2A-90948FF643EC.html in a target virtual machine may be able to elevate their privileges if that target virtual machine has been assigned a more privileged Guest Alias https://vdc-download.vmware.com/vmwb-repository/dcr-public/d1902b0e-d479-46bf-8ac9-cee0e31e8ec0/07ce8dbd-db48-4261-9b8f-c6d3ad8ba472/vim.vm.guest.AliasManager.html .
Severity
7.1 (High)
SSVC
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Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- SAML Token Signature Bypass vulnerability
- CWE-347 - Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
Assigner
References
7 references
Impacted products
2 products
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| n/a | VMware Tools |
Affected:
12.x.x
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CVE-2023-20900 (GCVE-0-2023-20900)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-31 09:45 – Updated: 2024-08-02 09:21
VLAI
Summary
A malicious actor that has been granted Guest Operation Privileges https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-security/GUID-6A952214-0E5E-4CCF-9D2A-90948FF643EC.html in a target virtual machine may be able to elevate their privileges if that target virtual machine has been assigned a more privileged Guest Alias https://vdc-download.vmware.com/vmwb-repository/dcr-public/d1902b0e-d479-46bf-8ac9-cee0e31e8ec0/07ce8dbd-db48-4261-9b8f-c6d3ad8ba472/vim.vm.guest.AliasManager.html .
Severity
7.1 (High)
CWE
- SAML Token Signature Bypass vulnerability
Assigner
References
9 references
Impacted products
3 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
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| n/a | VMware Tools |
Affected:
12.x.x
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|
| n/a | VMware Tools |
Affected:
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|
|
| n/a | VMware Tools (open-vm-tools) |
Affected:
12.x.x
Affected: 11.x.x Affected: 10.3.x |
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CVE-2009-1142 (GCVE-0-2009-1142)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-11-23 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-25 20:50
VLAI
Summary
An issue was discovered in open-vm-tools 2009.03.18-154848. Local users can gain privileges via a symlink attack on /tmp files if vmware-user-suid-wrapper is setuid root and the ChmodChownDirectory function is enabled.
Severity
6.7 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Assigner
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