Vulnerabilites related to VMware - VMware Tools for Windows (VMware Tools)
cve-2020-3941
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-01-15 19:03
Modified
2024-08-04 07:52
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
VMware VMware Tools for Windows (VMware Tools) Version: VMware Tools for Windows 10.x.y
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