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Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools Privilege Defined with Unsafe Actions Vulnerability
CVE-2025-41244 · Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools · Published 2025-09-29
How bad would it be?
7.8 out of 10
CVSS rates it high.
How likely is it to be used?
8.6%
Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored flaws (EPSS, 2026-10-29).
Is it already being used?
Yes
CISA has seen it exploited in real attacks. For US government agencies the fix is deadline passed 344 days ago (2025-11-20).
What CISA says to do
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools contain a privilege defined with unsafe actions 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.
What the flaw 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.
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