RHEL: Critical Privilege Escalation Flaw in open-vm-tools CVE-2025-41244

RHEL: Critical Privilege Escalation Flaw in open-vm-tools CVE-2025-41244

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Red Hat confirmed a privilege escalation flaw in open-vm-tools (CVE-2025-41244), the utility that keeps Linux guests talking to VMware hosts. It handles the small things ” time sync, clipboard sharing, system events ” the background work that makes virtual machines feel seamless. Most systems run it by default, and most admins forget it’s even there once the guest comes online.LinuxSecurity – Security ArticlesRead More