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SUSE: open-vm-tools Important Local Escalation Risk CVE-2025-41244

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Calendar Grey October 10, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
Updated open-vm-tools for SUSE Linux addresses important privilege escalation risk via CVE-2025-41244.
* bsc#1250373 * bsc#1250692 Cross-References: * CVE-2025-41244

Summary

## This update for open-vm-tools fixes the following issues: \- CVE-2025-41244: fixed a local privilege escalation vulnerability (bnc#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 15.6 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

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Topics Covered

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

References

* bsc#1250373

* bsc#1250692

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:

* 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

Severity
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:03535-1
Release Date: 2025-10-10T15:15:26Z
Rating: important

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

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