CVE-2025-41250
VMware vCenter contains an SMTP header injection vulnerability. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on vCenter who has permission to create scheduled tasks may be able to manipulate the notification emails sent for scheduled tasks.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L
- Puntuación base: 8.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.64%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 49
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1210Exploitation of Remote Serviceslateral movement75 % - Impacto principal
T1565.002Transmitted Data Manipulationimpact70 % - Impacto secundario
T1566.002Spearphishing Linkinitial access65 %
AV:N/PR:L: acceso remoto con privilegios locales (usuario autenticado en vCenter). SMTP header injection permite manipular correos de tareas programadas. El impacto principal es modificación de datos (emails falsos), secundariamente distribución de phishing/malware mediante correos manipulados.
Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.
🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
CWE
- CWE-77
Referencias
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