VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2020-3980
CVSS score6.7 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.29%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-09-16
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
VMware Fusion (11.x) contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to the way it allows configuring the system wide path. An attacker with normal user privileges may exploit this issue to trick an admin user into executing malicious code on the system where Fusion is installed.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo
Primary references
- security@vmware.com — Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory