# CVE-2025-41244: A Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools bug is being used in attacks

Status: Being used now (CISA KEV, added 2025-10-30)
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## Agent prompt (read-only)
Read-only check, change nothing, send nothing anywhere.
Is Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools (CVE-2025-41244) installed or running on this machine or in this project?
1. Find every copy and its version (apps, packages, containers, lockfiles).
2. Compare each version against the vendor's fixed version for CVE-2025-41244. Quote the vendor page you used.
3. Report a table: where, version, fixed version, status (exposed / fixed / not installed / unsure).
4. List the exact update steps, but do not run them.

## Official description
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.

## Sources
- https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36149
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41244
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41244

Generated by isitexploited.org from public sources. Verify version numbers against the vendor before acting.