CVE-2025-41244
Fixed in a distro release ExploitedEPSS 9%CVSS 7.8
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.
Products: VMware VCF operations, VMware Tools, VMware Aria Operations, VMware Cloud Foundation, VMware Telco Cloud Platform, VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux 10 | open-vm-tools | 12.5.0-1.el10_0.1 |
| AlmaLinux 10 | open-vm-tools-desktop | 12.5.0-1.el10_0.1 |
| AlmaLinux 10 | open-vm-tools-salt-minion | 12.5.0-1.el10_0.1 |
| AlmaLinux 10 | open-vm-tools-sdmp | 12.5.0-1.el10_0.1 |
| AlmaLinux 10 | open-vm-tools-test | 12.5.0-1.el10_0.1 |
| AlmaLinux 8 | open-vm-tools | 12.3.5-2.el8_10.1 |
| AlmaLinux 8 | open-vm-tools-desktop | 12.3.5-2.el8_10.1 |
| AlmaLinux 8 | open-vm-tools-salt-minion | 12.3.5-2.el8_10.1 |
| AlmaLinux 8 | open-vm-tools-sdmp | 12.3.5-2.el8_10.1 |
| AlmaLinux 9 | open-vm-tools | 12.5.0-1.el9_6.2 |
| AlmaLinux 9 | open-vm-tools-desktop | 12.5.0-1.el9_6.2 |
| AlmaLinux 9 | open-vm-tools-salt-minion | 12.5.0-1.el9_6.2 |
| AlmaLinux 9 | open-vm-tools-sdmp | 12.5.0-1.el9_6.2 |
| AlmaLinux 9 | open-vm-tools-test | 12.5.0-1.el9_6.2 |
| Amazon Linux 2 | open-vm-tools | 12.3.0-1.amzn2.0.4 |
| Amazon Linux 2 | open-vm-tools-desktop | 12.3.0-1.amzn2.0.4 |
| Amazon Linux 2 | open-vm-tools-devel | 12.3.0-1.amzn2.0.4 |
| Amazon Linux 2 | open-vm-tools-salt-minion | 12.3.0-1.amzn2.0.4 |
| Amazon Linux 2 | open-vm-tools-sdmp | 12.3.0-1.amzn2.0.4 |
| Amazon Linux 2 | open-vm-tools-test | 12.3.0-1.amzn2.0.4 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | open-vm-tools | 12.3.0-1.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | open-vm-tools-desktop | 12.3.0-1.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | open-vm-tools-devel | 12.3.0-1.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | open-vm-tools-salt-minion | 12.3.0-1.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | open-vm-tools-sdmp | 12.3.0-1.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | open-vm-tools-test | 12.3.0-1.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Debian 11 | open-vm-tools | 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u5 |
| Debian 12 | open-vm-tools | 2:12.2.0-1+deb12u4 |
| Debian 13 | open-vm-tools | 2:12.5.0-2+deb13u1 |
| Debian 14 | open-vm-tools | 2:13.0.5-1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 | open-vm-tools | 0:12.5.0-1.el10_0.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 | open-vm-tools-debuginfo | 0:12.5.0-1.el10_0.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 | open-vm-tools-debugsource | 0:12.5.0-1.el10_0.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 | open-vm-tools-desktop | 0:12.5.0-1.el10_0.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 | open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo | 0:12.5.0-1.el10_0.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 | open-vm-tools-salt-minion | 0:12.5.0-1.el10_0.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 | open-vm-tools-sdmp | 0:12.5.0-1.el10_0.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 | open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo | 0:12.5.0-1.el10_0.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 | open-vm-tools-test | 0:12.5.0-1.el10_0.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 | open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo | 0:12.5.0-1.el10_0.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | open-vm-tools | 0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | open-vm-tools-debuginfo | 0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | open-vm-tools-debugsource | 0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | open-vm-tools-desktop | 0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo | 0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | open-vm-tools-salt-minion | 0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | open-vm-tools-sdmp | 0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo | 0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo | 0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | open-vm-tools | 0:12.5.0-1.el9_6.2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | open-vm-tools-debuginfo | 0:12.5.0-1.el9_6.2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | open-vm-tools-debugsource | 0:12.5.0-1.el9_6.2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | open-vm-tools-desktop | 0:12.5.0-1.el9_6.2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo | 0:12.5.0-1.el9_6.2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | open-vm-tools-salt-minion | 0:12.5.0-1.el9_6.2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | open-vm-tools-sdmp | 0:12.5.0-1.el9_6.2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo | 0:12.5.0-1.el9_6.2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | open-vm-tools-test | 0:12.5.0-1.el9_6.2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo | 0:12.5.0-1.el9_6.2 |
| Red Hat rhel aus 8.4 | open-vm-tools | 0:11.2.0-2.el8_4.5 |
| Red Hat rhel aus 8.4 | open-vm-tools-debuginfo | 0:11.2.0-2.el8_4.5 |
| Red Hat rhel aus 8.4 | open-vm-tools-debugsource | 0:11.2.0-2.el8_4.5 |
| Red Hat rhel aus 8.4 | open-vm-tools-desktop | 0:11.2.0-2.el8_4.5 |
| Red Hat rhel aus 8.4 | open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo | 0:11.2.0-2.el8_4.5 |
| Red Hat rhel aus 8.4 | open-vm-tools-sdmp | 0:11.2.0-2.el8_4.5 |
| Red Hat rhel aus 8.4 | open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo | 0:11.2.0-2.el8_4.5 |
| Red Hat rhel aus 8.4 | open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo | 0:11.2.0-2.el8_4.5 |
| Red Hat rhel aus 8.6 | open-vm-tools | 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.6 |
| Red Hat rhel aus 8.6 | open-vm-tools-debuginfo | 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.6 |
| Red Hat rhel aus 8.6 | open-vm-tools-debugsource | 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.6 |
| Red Hat rhel aus 8.6 | open-vm-tools-desktop | 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.6 |
| Red Hat rhel aus 8.6 | open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo | 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.6 |
| Red Hat rhel aus 8.6 | open-vm-tools-sdmp | 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.6 |
| Red Hat rhel aus 8.6 | open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo | 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.6 |
| Red Hat rhel aus 8.6 | open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo | 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.6 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 8.6 | open-vm-tools | 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.6 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 8.6 | open-vm-tools-debuginfo | 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.6 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 8.6 | open-vm-tools-debugsource | 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.6 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 8.6 | open-vm-tools-desktop | 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.6 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 8.6 | open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo | 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.6 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 8.6 | open-vm-tools-sdmp | 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.6 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 8.6 | open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo | 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.6 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 8.6 | open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo | 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.6 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 8.8 | open-vm-tools | 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.5 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 8.8 | open-vm-tools-debuginfo | 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.5 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 8.8 | open-vm-tools-debugsource | 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.5 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 8.8 | open-vm-tools-desktop | 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.5 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 8.8 | open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo | 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.5 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 8.8 | open-vm-tools-salt-minion | 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.5 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 8.8 | open-vm-tools-sdmp | 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.5 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 8.8 | open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo | 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.5 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 8.8 | open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo | 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.5 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 9.0 | open-vm-tools | 0:11.3.5-1.el9_0.6 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 9.0 | open-vm-tools-debuginfo | 0:11.3.5-1.el9_0.6 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 9.0 | open-vm-tools-debugsource | 0:11.3.5-1.el9_0.6 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 9.0 | open-vm-tools-desktop | 0:11.3.5-1.el9_0.6 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 9.0 | open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo | 0:11.3.5-1.el9_0.6 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 9.0 | open-vm-tools-sdmp | 0:11.3.5-1.el9_0.6 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 9.0 | open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo | 0:11.3.5-1.el9_0.6 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 9.0 | open-vm-tools-test | 0:11.3.5-1.el9_0.6 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 9.0 | open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo | 0:11.3.5-1.el9_0.6 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 9.2 | open-vm-tools | 0:12.1.5-1.el9_2.5 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 9.2 | open-vm-tools-debuginfo | 0:12.1.5-1.el9_2.5 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 9.2 | open-vm-tools-debugsource | 0:12.1.5-1.el9_2.5 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 9.2 | open-vm-tools-desktop | 0:12.1.5-1.el9_2.5 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 9.2 | open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo | 0:12.1.5-1.el9_2.5 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 9.2 | open-vm-tools-salt-minion | 0:12.1.5-1.el9_2.5 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 9.2 | open-vm-tools-sdmp | 0:12.1.5-1.el9_2.5 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 9.2 | open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo | 0:12.1.5-1.el9_2.5 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 9.2 | open-vm-tools-test | 0:12.1.5-1.el9_2.5 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 9.2 | open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo | 0:12.1.5-1.el9_2.5 |
| Red Hat rhel eus 9.4 | open-vm-tools | 0:12.3.5-2.el9_4.1 |
| Red Hat rhel eus 9.4 | open-vm-tools-debuginfo | 0:12.3.5-2.el9_4.1 |
| Red Hat rhel eus 9.4 | open-vm-tools-debugsource | 0:12.3.5-2.el9_4.1 |
| Red Hat rhel eus 9.4 | open-vm-tools-desktop | 0:12.3.5-2.el9_4.1 |
| Red Hat rhel eus 9.4 | open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo | 0:12.3.5-2.el9_4.1 |
| Red Hat rhel eus 9.4 | open-vm-tools-salt-minion | 0:12.3.5-2.el9_4.1 |
| Red Hat rhel eus 9.4 | open-vm-tools-sdmp | 0:12.3.5-2.el9_4.1 |
| Red Hat rhel eus 9.4 | open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo | 0:12.3.5-2.el9_4.1 |
| Red Hat rhel eus 9.4 | open-vm-tools-test | 0:12.3.5-2.el9_4.1 |
| Red Hat rhel eus 9.4 | open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo | 0:12.3.5-2.el9_4.1 |
| Red Hat rhel eus long life 8.4 | open-vm-tools | 0:11.2.0-2.el8_4.5 |
| Red Hat rhel eus long life 8.4 | open-vm-tools-debuginfo | 0:11.2.0-2.el8_4.5 |
| Red Hat rhel eus long life 8.4 | open-vm-tools-debugsource | 0:11.2.0-2.el8_4.5 |
| Red Hat rhel eus long life 8.4 | open-vm-tools-desktop | 0:11.2.0-2.el8_4.5 |
| Red Hat rhel eus long life 8.4 | open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo | 0:11.2.0-2.el8_4.5 |
| Red Hat rhel eus long life 8.4 | open-vm-tools-sdmp | 0:11.2.0-2.el8_4.5 |
| Red Hat rhel eus long life 8.4 | open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo | 0:11.2.0-2.el8_4.5 |
| Red Hat rhel eus long life 8.4 | open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo | 0:11.2.0-2.el8_4.5 |
| Red Hat rhel tus 8.6 | open-vm-tools | 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.6 |
| Red Hat rhel tus 8.6 | open-vm-tools-debuginfo | 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.6 |
| Red Hat rhel tus 8.6 | open-vm-tools-debugsource | 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.6 |
| Red Hat rhel tus 8.6 | open-vm-tools-desktop | 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.6 |
| Red Hat rhel tus 8.6 | open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo | 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.6 |
| Red Hat rhel tus 8.6 | open-vm-tools-sdmp | 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.6 |
| Red Hat rhel tus 8.6 | open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo | 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.6 |
| Red Hat rhel tus 8.6 | open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo | 0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.6 |
| Red Hat rhel tus 8.8 | open-vm-tools | 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.5 |
| Red Hat rhel tus 8.8 | open-vm-tools-debuginfo | 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.5 |
| Red Hat rhel tus 8.8 | open-vm-tools-debugsource | 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.5 |
| Red Hat rhel tus 8.8 | open-vm-tools-desktop | 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.5 |
| Red Hat rhel tus 8.8 | open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo | 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.5 |
| Red Hat rhel tus 8.8 | open-vm-tools-salt-minion | 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.5 |
| Red Hat rhel tus 8.8 | open-vm-tools-sdmp | 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.5 |
| Red Hat rhel tus 8.8 | open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo | 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.5 |
| Red Hat rhel tus 8.8 | open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo | 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.5 |
| Rocky Linux 10 | open-vm-tools | 0:12.5.0-1.el10_0.1 |
| Rocky Linux 8 | open-vm-tools | 0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.1 |
| Rocky Linux 9 | open-vm-tools | 0:12.5.0-1.el9_6.2 |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 | open-vm-tools | 13.0.0-150300.64.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS | open-vm-tools | 13.0.0-150300.64.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | open-vm-tools | 13.0.0-150300.64.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | open-vm-tools | 13.0.0-150300.64.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS | open-vm-tools | 13.0.0-150300.64.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS | open-vm-tools | 13.0.0-150300.64.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 | open-vm-tools | 13.0.0-150300.64.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 | open-vm-tools | 13.0.0-150300.64.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 | open-vm-tools | 13.0.0-150300.64.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 | open-vm-tools | 13.0.0-150300.64.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 | open-vm-tools | 13.0.0-150300.64.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 | open-vm-tools | 13.0.0-150600.3.18.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 | open-vm-tools | 13.0.5-150600.3.21.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | open-vm-tools | 13.0.0-150600.3.18.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | open-vm-tools | 13.0.5-150600.3.21.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP6 | open-vm-tools | 13.0.0-150600.3.18.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP6 | open-vm-tools | 13.0.5-150600.3.21.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP7 | open-vm-tools | 13.0.0-150600.3.18.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP7 | open-vm-tools | 13.0.5-150600.3.21.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP6 | open-vm-tools | 13.0.0-150600.3.18.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP6 | open-vm-tools | 13.0.5-150600.3.21.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7 | open-vm-tools | 13.0.5-150600.3.21.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7 | open-vm-tools | 13.0.0-150600.3.18.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS | open-vm-tools | 13.0.5-4.92.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS | open-vm-tools | 13.0.0-4.89.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS | open-vm-tools | 13.0.0-150300.64.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | open-vm-tools | 13.0.0-150300.64.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS | open-vm-tools | 13.0.0-150300.64.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 | open-vm-tools | 13.0.5-160000.1.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 | open-vm-tools | 13.0.5-4.92.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 | open-vm-tools | 13.0.0-4.89.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 | open-vm-tools | 13.0.0-150300.64.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | open-vm-tools | 13.0.0-150300.64.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | open-vm-tools | 13.0.0-150300.64.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 | open-vm-tools | 13.0.5-160000.1.1 |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 | open-vm-tools | 13.0.5-1.1 |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 | open-vm-tools | 13.0.5-slfo.1.1_1.1 |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 | open-vm-tools | 13.0.10-slfo.1.1_1.1 |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 | open-vm-tools | 13.0.5-160000.1.1 |
| SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 | open-vm-tools | 13.0.0-150300.64.1 |
| SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 | open-vm-tools | 13.0.0-150300.64.1 |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | open-vm-tools | 2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | open-vm-tools | 2:12.5.0-1~ubuntu0.24.04.2 |
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | open-vm-tools | 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.8+esm1 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | open-vm-tools | 13.0.0-150600.3.18.1 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | open-vm-tools | 13.0.5-150600.3.21.1 |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | open-vm-tools | 13.0.5-160000.1.1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | open-vm-tools | 13.0.5-1.1 |