CVSS 3.1
7.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2020-3950
High (7.8) in VMware Multiple Products. In CISA KEV since 2021-11-03. EPSS 7.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
VMware Fusion (11.x before 11.5.2), VMware Remote Console for Mac (11.x and prior before 11.0.1) and Horizon Client for Mac (5.x and prior before 5.4.0) contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper use of setuid binaries. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to escalate their privileges to root on the system where Fusion, VMRC or Horizon Client is installed.
Severity
- EPSS
- 7.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 94% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CISA KEV
- listed 2021-11-03, due 2022-05-03
- CWE
- CWE-269
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- vmware:fusion
- vmware:horizon_client
- vmware:remote_console
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156843/VMware-Fusion-11.5.2-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157079/VMware-Fusion-USB-Arbitrator-Setuid-Privilege-Escalation.html
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0005.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156843/VMware-Fusion-11.5.2-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157079/VMware-Fusion-USB-Arbitrator-Setuid-Privilege-Escalation.html