Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools Privilege Defined with Unsafe Actions Vulnerability

When

2025-10-30 00:00 UTC · day precision

Where

Global (internet)

Category

cyber_exploit

Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools contain a privilege defined with unsafe actions vulnerability. A malicious local actor with non-administrative privileges having access to a VM with VMware Tools installed and managed by Aria Operations with SDMP enabled may exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges to root on the same VM.

Sources

• CISA ↗ · first seen 2025-10-30 00:00 UTC

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