CVE-2025-41246

HIGH

VMware Tools for Windows - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.6
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 9.0%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-863
Status published
Products (3)
VMware/Tools 11.x.x
VMware/Tools 12.x.x - 12.5.4
VMware/Tools 13.x.x.x - 13.0.5.0
Published Sep 29, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026