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CVE-2025-41244 (GCVE-0-2025-41244)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-29 16:09 – Updated: 2026-02-26 17:47| 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… |
| 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) |
CISA KEV
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
Scope
Evidence
Type: Vendor Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 80%
Source: cisa-kev
Details
| Cwes | CWE-267 |
|---|---|
| Feed | CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog |
| Product | VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools |
| Due Date | 2025-11-20 |
| Date Added | 2025-10-30 |
| Vendorproject | Broadcom |
| Vulnerabilityname | Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools Privilege Defined with Unsafe Actions Vulnerability |
| Knownransomwarecampaignuse | Unknown |
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RHSA-2025:17428
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2025-10-07 06:02 - Updated: 2026-05-15 14:23A flaw was found in VMWare open-vm-tools. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest Virtual Machine (VM) could exploit this vulnerability to gain root privileges on the VM. The issue lies in the service-discovery plugin logic, which can execute attacker-controlled binaries from writable paths such as /tmp. Exploitation requires the open-vm-tools-sdmp package to be installed and guest service discovery to be enabled.
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Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2025-10-07 08:07 - Updated: 2026-05-15 14:24A flaw was found in VMWare open-vm-tools. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest Virtual Machine (VM) could exploit this vulnerability to gain root privileges on the VM. The issue lies in the service-discovery plugin logic, which can execute attacker-controlled binaries from writable paths such as /tmp. Exploitation requires the open-vm-tools-sdmp package to be installed and guest service discovery to be enabled.
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RHSA-2025:17446
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2025-10-07 07:59 - Updated: 2026-05-15 14:24A flaw was found in VMWare open-vm-tools. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest Virtual Machine (VM) could exploit this vulnerability to gain root privileges on the VM. The issue lies in the service-discovery plugin logic, which can execute attacker-controlled binaries from writable paths such as /tmp. Exploitation requires the open-vm-tools-sdmp package to be installed and guest service discovery to be enabled.
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Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2025-10-07 09:30 - Updated: 2026-05-15 14:24A flaw was found in VMWare open-vm-tools. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest Virtual Machine (VM) could exploit this vulnerability to gain root privileges on the VM. The issue lies in the service-discovery plugin logic, which can execute attacker-controlled binaries from writable paths such as /tmp. Exploitation requires the open-vm-tools-sdmp package to be installed and guest service discovery to be enabled.
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Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2025-10-07 17:32 - Updated: 2026-05-15 14:24A flaw was found in VMWare open-vm-tools. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest Virtual Machine (VM) could exploit this vulnerability to gain root privileges on the VM. The issue lies in the service-discovery plugin logic, which can execute attacker-controlled binaries from writable paths such as /tmp. Exploitation requires the open-vm-tools-sdmp package to be installed and guest service discovery to be enabled.
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Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2025-10-07 17:29 - Updated: 2026-05-15 14:24A flaw was found in VMWare open-vm-tools. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest Virtual Machine (VM) could exploit this vulnerability to gain root privileges on the VM. The issue lies in the service-discovery plugin logic, which can execute attacker-controlled binaries from writable paths such as /tmp. Exploitation requires the open-vm-tools-sdmp package to be installed and guest service discovery to be enabled.
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.