CVE-2020-3980

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
6.7
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.107

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2020-3980,CVE-2020-4004 are affected in VMware Fusion for MAC 11.5.5Mac
Vulnerabilities CVE-2020-3980,CVE-2020-3981,CVE-2020-3982,CVE-2020-4004 are affected in VMware Fusion for MAC 11.5.5Mac

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-605160VMware Fusion for MAC 13.0.2 (Deployment-Only)
PATCH-605160VMware Fusion for MAC 13.0.2 (Deployment-Only)

References

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