CVE-2025-41244 in vmware aria operations
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What the vulnerability is
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.
Affected software: vmware aria operations, vmware cloud foundation, vmware cloud foundation operations, vmware open vm tools, vmware telco cloud infrastructure, vmware telco cloud platform, vmware tools, debian linux
Scores
- CVSS: 7.8 (high)
- EPSS: 16.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
- CISA KEV: Known exploited, listed 2025-10-30
- Published: 2025-09-29
What LogPulse has for it
- Detection rule: No
- Agent check (vulnerable version): Yes, published
- Mitigation: No
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