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ghsa-8c4m-2wpp-9qmh

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-09-29 18:33

Modified

2025-09-29 18:33

Severity ?

7.6 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

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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cve-2025-41246

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-09-29 15:57

Modified

2025-09-30 03:55

Severity ?

7.6 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

Improper authorisation vulnerability

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36149

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	VMware	Tools

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