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SUSE: open-vm-tools Critical Local Privilege Escalation CVE-2025-41244

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Calendar Grey September 30, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
Important security update for open-vm-tools addresses local privilege escalation issue with CVE-2025-41244 on SUSE.
* 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: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2025-3436=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-2025-3436=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (x86_64) * open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-13.0.0-4.89.1 * open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-13.0.0-4.89.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory local privilege escalation SuSE important open-vm-tools cve-2025-41244

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:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

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

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

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:03436-1
Release Date: 2025-09-30T14:10:12Z
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory local privilege escalation SuSE important open-vm-tools cve-2025-41244

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