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id: CVE-2025-41246
title: "VMware Tools for Windows contains an improper authorisation\_vulnerability due to the way it handles user access controls.\_A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM, who is already authenticated through vCenter or…"
summary: "VMware Tools for Windows contains an improper authorisation\_vulnerability due to the way it handles user access controls.\_A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM, who is already authenticated through vCenter or…"
severity: high
cvss: 7.6
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-863
published: '2025-09-29'
updated: '2026-10-09'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-09T09:10:00.213'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41246'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36149
    label: security@vmware.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00278
epssPercentile: 0.18599
ingestedAt: '2026-10-09T09:31:00.983Z'
---

## Overview

VMware Tools for Windows contains an improper authorisation vulnerability due to the way it handles user access controls. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM, who is already authenticated through vCenter or ESX may exploit this issue to access other guest VMs. Successful exploitation requires knowledge of credentials of the targeted VMs and vCenter or ESX.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.