CVE-2025-412447.8HighCWE-267

CVE-2025-41244: VMSA-2025-0015: VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools updates address multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-41244,CVE-2025-41245, CVE-2025-41246)

VMware · VCF operations

Vendor fix available · Affected: VMware VCF operations · Exploitation: in CISA KEV since 30 Oct 2025

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

ExploitationIn CISA KEV

In CISA KEVCISA KEV catalogue30 Oct 2025
Exploited (reported): not seen
Scanning observed: not seen
Proof of concept public: not seen
Not established: not seen

16.4%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

97th percentile

050100

Higher than 97% of scored CVEs

7.8HighCVSS 3.1

LowMediumHighCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

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 products6

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

VMware · VCF operationsfrom 9.0.x before 9.0.1.0
VMware · VMware toolsfrom 13.x.x.x before 13.0.5.0; from 12.5.x before 12.5.4
VMware · VMware Aria Operationsfrom 8.18.x before 8.18.5
VMware · VMware Cloud Foundationfrom 5.x before 8.18.5; from 4.x before 8.18.5
VMware · VMware Telco Cloud Platformfrom 5.x before 8.18.5; from 4.x before 8.18.5
VMware · VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructurefrom 3.x before 8.18.5; from 2.x before 8.18.5

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Exploitation: Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue.
CISA KEV: Listed since 30 Oct 2025 · catalogue entry
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions · Access Control
Vendor: VMware
Published: September 2025
Band: Exploited in the wild, September 2025

What changed

30 Oct 2025
CISA added it to the KEV catalogue CISA

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