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SUSE: Open-VM-Tools Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVE-2025-41244

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Calendar Grey September 30, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
An important security update for open-vm-tools addresses local privilege escalation and requires prompt action.
* bsc#1250373 Cross-References: * CVE-2025-41244

Summary

## This update for open-vm-tools fixes the following issues: * CVE-2025-41244: local privilege escalation via the Service Discovery Plugin (bsc#1250373). ## 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 15.3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-3435=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-3435=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-3435=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-3435=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-3435=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

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Topics Covered

security advisory privilege escalation important service discovery OpenSUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise

References

* bsc#1250373

Cross-

* CVE-2025-41244

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-41244 ( SUSE ): 8.5

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2025-41244 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-41244 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* openSUSE Leap 15.3

* SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4

Severity
important
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:03435-1
Release Date: 2025-09-30T14:10:01Z
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory privilege escalation important service discovery OpenSUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise

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