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CVE-2020-3980 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.7 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0020.html CVEVendor Advisory
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0020.html [email protected]Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-noinfoInsufficient Information to Classify Weakness[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
vmware fusion
>= 11.0.0, < 12.0.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
apple mac os x
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-3980
NVD Published Date:
Sep 16, 2020
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2020-3980 Details - Not Deferred