VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-3980
VMware Fusion (11.x) contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to the way it allows configuring the system wide path.
MEDIUM 6.7EPSS 0.29%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.29%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.29% probability · 21th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- vmware/fusion
- Source
- security@vmware.com
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.