CVE-2020-3950 - VMware Multiple Products
AI Vulnerability ContextVMware 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 in...
Overview
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VMware 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.
Vulnerability status
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- CVE ID
- CVE-2020-3950
- Vendor/project
- VMware
- Product
- Multiple Products
- Vulnerability name
- VMware Multiple Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- Date added
- 2021-11-03
- Due date
- 2022-05-03
- Known ransomware campaign use
- Unknown
- CVSS v3
- 7.8
Exploit context
What the vulnerability is about.
VMware 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.
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