Unity Linux 20.1050a / 20.1060a / 20.1070a Security Update: open-vm-tools (UTSA-2025-988601)

high Nessus Plugin ID 271726

Synopsis

The Unity Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-988601 advisory.

VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability.A malicious local actor with non-administrative privileges having access to a VM with VMware Toolsinstalled and managed by Aria Operations with SDMP enabled may exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges to root on the same VM.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected open-vm-tools package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 271726

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2025-988601.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Unity Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/28/2025

Updated: 10/28/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-41244

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/UOS-Server/release, Host/UOS-Server/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/28/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/29/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-41244

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