usn-7785-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2025-09-29 17:29
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
open-vm-tools vulnerability
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.

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  "details": "It was discovered that Open VM Tools incorrectly handled permissions with\nversion checking. An attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate\nprivileges inside a virtual machine.\n\nThis update disables the SDMP get-versions.sh script, so version\ninformation may no longer be made available.",
  "id": "USN-7785-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:24Z",
  "published": "2025-09-29T17:29:53Z",
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    }
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "open-vm-tools vulnerability",
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    "UBUNTU-CVE-2025-41244"
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}



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