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CVE-2025-41246

Improper authorisation vulnerability

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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Produkt Tools
Default Statusunaffected
Version 13.x.x.x
Version < 13.0.5.0
Status affected
Version 12.x.x
Version < 12.5.4
Status affected
Version 11.x.x
Status affected
VulnDex Vulnerability Enrichment
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.03% 0.086
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
security@vmware.com 7.6 1 6
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check.