VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-3941

CVSS score7 HIGH
EPSS probability0.31%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-01-15
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The repair operation of VMware Tools for Windows 10.x.y has a race condition which may allow for privilege escalation in the Virtual Machine where Tools is installed. This vulnerability is not present in VMware Tools 11.x.y since the affected functionality is not present in VMware Tools 11.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-362

Primary references