CVE Record
[ HIGH ]CVE-2020-3950
VMware Multiple Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
VMware Fusion, Remote Console (VMRC) for Mac, and Horizon Client for Mac contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper use of setuid binaries that allows attackers to escalate privileges to root.
- Vendor
- VMware
- Product
- Multiple Products
- CVSS
- 7.8
- EPSS (exploit probability)
- 7.3%
- Status
- kev
- CISA patch-by (BOD 22-01)
- Published
VMware Fusion, Remote Console (VMRC) for Mac, and Horizon Client for Mac contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper use of setuid binaries that allows attackers to escalate privileges to root.
Added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2021-11-03. Required action per CISA: Apply updates per vendor instructions. Due date: 2022-05-03.
This is an auto-synced KEV catalog record pending a full 0dayNews write-up — see CISA’s KEV catalog and the NVD record linked above for primary sources.