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  "kind": "base",
  "id": "crds:cve-2025-41244",
  "revision": 1,
  "title": "VMware Tools and Aria Operations — local escalation to root",
  "summary": "On a virtual machine running VMware Tools and managed by Aria Operations with service discovery enabled, a local user holding no administrative rights can escalate to root on that machine.",
  "source_type": "cve",
  "severity": "high",
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    "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "version": "3.1"
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    "exploit_available": true,
    "attack_complexity": "low",
    "kev_added": "2025-10-30",
    "prerequisites": "A non-administrative local account on a managed virtual machine with service discovery enabled."
  },
  "remediation": {
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  },
  "kill_chain": "privilege_escalation",
  "recommended_action": "Apply the Broadcom update from VMSA-2025-0015 now; exploit code is public, so review local accounts on the guests that Aria Operations manages.",
  "confidence": "high",
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      "type": "cve",
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      "label": "NVD record"
    },
    {
      "type": "cisa",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
      "label": "CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog"
    },
    {
      "type": "vendor_advisory",
      "url": "https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36149"
    },
    {
      "type": "exploit",
      "url": "https://blog.nviso.eu/2025/09/29/you-name-it-vmware-elevates-it-cve-2025-41244/"
    },
    {
      "type": "writeup",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/29/10"
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  "published_at": "2025-09-29T17:15:30.843Z",
  "issued_at": "2026-09-24T08:51:39.744Z",
  "tags": [
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    "aria-operations",
    "vmware-tools",
    "privilege-escalation",
    "kev"
  ]
}