CVE-2020-3957

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-3957
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-05-29 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-09-08 17:22:00 UTC
DescriptionVMware Fusion (11.x before 11.5.5), VMware Remote Console for Mac (11.x and prior) and VMware Horizon Client for Mac (5.x and prior) contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) issue in the service opener. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to escalate their privileges to root on the system where Fusion, VMRC and Horizon Client are installed.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-367

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 Remote Console All All All All

References

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VMSA-2020-0011.1 CONFIRM www.vmware.com Vendor Advisory
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