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openSUSE open-vm-tools Critical Local Escalation CVE-2025-41244 Exploit

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Calendar Grey October 10, 2025
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Latest openSUSE advisory addresses a critical local escalation security issue in open-vm-tools, important patch available.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description

This update for open-vm-tools fixes the following issues: \- CVE-2025-41244:

fixed a local privilege escalation vulnerability (bnc#1250373).

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Topics Covered

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Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like

YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-3535=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-3535=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-3535=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2025-3535=1

* Containers Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-15-SP6-2025-3535=1

* Containers Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-15-SP7-2025-3535=1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP6-2025-3535=1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP7-2025-3535=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 x86_64 i586)

* open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-13.0.5-150600.3.21.1

* open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-13.0.5-150600.3.21.1

* libvmtools0-debuginfo-13.0.5-150600.3.21.1

* open-vm-tools-debugsource-13.0.5-150600.3.21.1

* open-vm-tools-desktop-13.0.5-150600.3.21.1

* libvmtools-devel-13.0.5-150600.3.21.1

* libvmtools0-13.0.5-150600.3.21.1

* open-vm-tools-debuginfo-13.0.5-150600.3.21.1

* open-vm-tools-containerinfo-debuginfo-13.0.5-150600.3.21.1

* open-vm-tools-containerinfo-13.0.5-150600.3.21.1

* open-vm-tools-13.0.5-150600.3.21.1

* open-vm-tools-sdmp-13.0.5-150600.3.21.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)

* open-vm-tools-salt-minion-13.0.5-150600.3.21.1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 x86_64)

* open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-13.0.5-150600.3.21.1

* libvmtools0-debuginfo-13.0.5-150600.3.21.1

* open-vm-tools-debugsource-13.0.5-150600.3.21.1

* libvmtools0-13.0.5-150600.3.21.1

* open-vm-tools-debuginfo-13.0.5-150600.3.21.1

* open-vm-tools-13.0.5-150600.3.21.1

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1250373

* bsc#1250692

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-41244.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250373

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250692

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:03535-1
Release Date: 2025-10-10T15:15:26Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 * Containers Module 15-SP6 * Containers Module 15-SP7 * Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6 * Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

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