Urgent: China-Linked Hackers Exploit New VMware Zero-Day Since October 2024
A newly patched security flaw impacting Broadcom VMware Tools and VMware Aria Operations has been exploited in the wild as a zero-day since mid-October 2024 by a threat actor called UNC5174, according to NVISO Labs. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-41244 (CVSS score: 7.8), a local privilege escalation bug affecting the following versions - VMware Cloud Foundation 4.x and 5.x VMware
Urgent: China-Linked Hackers Exploit New VMware Zero-Day Since October 2024
Description
A newly patched security flaw impacting Broadcom VMware Tools and VMware Aria Operations has been exploited in the wild as a zero-day since mid-October 2024 by a threat actor called UNC5174, according to NVISO Labs. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-41244 (CVSS score: 7.8), a local privilege escalation bug affecting the following versions - VMware Cloud Foundation 4.x and 5.x VMware
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Threat ID: 68e467476a45552f36e85bfb
Added to database: 10/7/2025, 1:05:11 AM
Last updated: 10/7/2025, 5:28:51 PM
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