VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2020-3950
CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability7.25%
CISA KEVKnown exploited vulnerability
Published2020-03-17
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Known Exploited Vulnerability
VMware Multiple Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Vendor / product: VMware / Multiple Products
Description
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.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-269
- 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-269
Primary references
- security@vmware.com — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- security@vmware.com — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- security@vmware.com — Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory
- 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 — US Government Resource