CVE-2025-41246

highpriority · track · 0OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.003 · 20 %ileDEEURU
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.28% (20th) EPSS
CVSS 7.6 · high
Is it mine?
31 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

VMware Tools for Windows contains an improper authorisation vulnerability due to the way it handles user access controls. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM, who is already authenticated through vCenter or ESX may exploit this issue to access other guest VMs. Successful exploitation requires knowledge of credentials of the targeted VMs and vCenter or ESX.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.6
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.6highAV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.17.6highCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.17.6highCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security@vmware.comexploitability 1 · impact 6
v3.17highCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-863USCWE-863US
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affected products (31)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

showing 20 of 31
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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • WID-SEC-W-2025-2153VMware Cloud Foundation, vSphere, Aria Operations und Tools: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-09-29csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in VMware Cloud Foundation, VMware vSphere, VMware Aria Operations und VMware Tools ausnutzen, um erweiterte Berechtigungen – sogar Administratorrechte – zu erlangen und vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen.

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also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bducert_bundNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2025-09-29modified 2026-10-09
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references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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