CVE-2020-3980

6.7MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Vmware
Status
Vmware Fusion
Vendor
CVE Published:
16 September 2020

Summary

VMware Fusion (11.x) contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to the way it allows configuring the system wide path. An attacker with normal user privileges may exploit this issue to trick an admin user into executing malicious code on the system where Fusion is installed.

Affected Version(s)

VMware Fusion VMware Fusion (11.x)

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0020...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.7
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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