{"id":"MGASA-2025-0237","summary":"Updated open-vm-tools package fixes security vulnerability","details":"It was discovered that open-vm-tools contains a local privilege\nescalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with non-administrative\nprivileges on a guest VM may exploit this vulnerability to escalate\nprivileges to root on the same VM (CVE-2025-41244).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T04:40:47.767594140Z","published":"2025-10-11T06:18:27Z","upstream":["CVE-2025-41244"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2025-0237.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34641"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/29/10"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"open-vm-tools","ecosystem":"Mageia:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/open-vm-tools?arch=source&distro=mageia-9"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"12.3.5-2.2.mga9"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2025-0237.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}