CVE-2020-3941

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.0
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.101

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2020-3941 are fixed in VMware tools (11.0.5.15389592) (x64)Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2020-3941 are fixed in VMware tools 11.0.5 15389592 (x86)Windows

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-312911VMware tools (11.0.5.15389592) (x64)
PATCH-312910VMware tools 11.0.5 15389592 (x86)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234