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open-vm-tools: Local privilege escalation in open-vm-tools

🗓️ 07 Oct 2025 17:29:39Reported by RedHatType 
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Open-vm-tools local privilege escalation lets a non-admin guest gain root via a service-discovery flaw that runs attacker binaries from writable paths; requires guest discovery.

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OSOS VersionArchitecturePackagePackage VersionFilename
Red Hat Enterprise Linux8.8x86_64open-vm-tools12.1.5-2.el8_8.5open-vm-tools-12.1.5-2.el8_8.5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux8.8x86_64open-vm-tools-debuginfo12.1.5-2.el8_8.5open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.1.5-2.el8_8.5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux8.8x86_64open-vm-tools-debugsource12.1.5-2.el8_8.5open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.1.5-2.el8_8.5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux8.8x86_64open-vm-tools-desktop12.1.5-2.el8_8.5open-vm-tools-desktop-12.1.5-2.el8_8.5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux8.8x86_64open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo12.1.5-2.el8_8.5open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.1.5-2.el8_8.5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux8.8x86_64open-vm-tools-salt-minion12.1.5-2.el8_8.5open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.1.5-2.el8_8.5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux8.8x86_64open-vm-tools-sdmp12.1.5-2.el8_8.5open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.1.5-2.el8_8.5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux8.8x86_64open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo12.1.5-2.el8_8.5open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.1.5-2.el8_8.5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux8.8x86_64open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo12.1.5-2.el8_8.5open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo-12.1.5-2.el8_8.5.x86_64.rpm

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11 Jul 2026 17:42Current
5.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.8
CVSS 3.17.8
EPSS0.0788
SSVC
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