CVE-2025-41246
⚠️ highSummary
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.
CVSS Score
7.6
High
EPSS Score
0.1
Exploit Probability
Published Date
2025-09-29
First Seen: 2026-01-05
📊 Relative Risk Intelligence
This CVE is Moderate Risk - more severe than 69.8% of all 318,332 vulnerabilities in our database.
#96,125
Above average severity
Severity Percentile
🎯 CISA SSVC Assessment Updated: Sep 30, 2025
🔍 Exploitation Status
None
No known exploits
⚙️ Automatable
NO
Requires human interaction
💥 Technical Impact
Total
Complete system compromise possible
SSVC data provided by
CISA
Last Modified
2025-09-29
Source
NVD 🔗
CVSS Vector 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE IDs (Weakness Types)