CVE-2020-3950

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-3950
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-03-17 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-07-12 17:42:00 UTC
DescriptionVMware Fusion (11.x before 11.5.2), VMware Remote Console for Mac (11.x and prior before 11.0.1) and Horizon Client for Mac (5.x and prior before 5.4.0) contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper use of setuid binaries. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to escalate their privileges to root on the system where Fusion, VMRC or Horizon Client is installed.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.213690000 probability, percentile 0.956650000 (date 2026-04-01)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2021-11-03; due 2022-05-03; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-269

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorVMware
ProductMultiple Products
NameVMware Multiple Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions.
Noteshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3950

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Macos - All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os - All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os - All All All
Application Vmware Fusion All All All All
Application Vmware Fusion All All All All
Application Vmware Horizon Client All All All All
Application Vmware Horizon Client All All All All
Application Vmware Remote Console All All All All
Application Vmware Remote Console All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VMware Fusion USB Arbitrator Setuid Privilege Escalation ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
VMware Fusion 11.5.2 Privilege Escalation ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Third Party Advisory
VMSA-2020-0005 MISC www.vmware.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev
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