High severity · published Jan 15, 2020
CVE-2020-3941
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
7.0
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 23% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TO
Tools · Vmware
10.0.0 before 11.0.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3941
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-3941
Vendor Advisory
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0002.html
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