Ubuntu 25.04: Critical Privilege Escalation in Open VM Tools USN-7785-1
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September 29, 2025
Open VM Tools could be made to run programs as an administrator.
Summary
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 25.04 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Summary: Open VM Tools could be made to run programs as an administrator. Software Description: - open-vm-tools: Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware Details: It was discovered that Open VM Tools incorrectly handled permissions with version checking. An attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges inside a virtual machine. This update disables the SDMP get-versions.sh script, so version information may no longer be made available.
Update Instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 25.04 open-vm-tools 2:12.5.0-1ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS open-vm-tools 2:12.5.0-1~ubuntu0.24.04.2 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS open-vm-tools 2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS open-vm-tools 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.8+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7785-1
CVE-2025-41244
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Package Information
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/2:12.5.0-1ubuntu0.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/2:12.5.0-1~ubuntu0.24.04.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3
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