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    2 vulnerabilities found for VMware Tools for Windows (VMware Tools) by VMware

    CVE-2020-3941 (GCVE-0-2020-3941)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-01-15 19:03 – Updated: 2024-08-04 07:52
    VLAI
    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.
    Severity
    No CVSS data available.
    CWE
    • VMware Tools privilege escalation vulnerability
    Assigner
    References
    Impacted products
    Vendor Product Version
    VMware VMware Tools for Windows (VMware Tools) Affected: VMware Tools for Windows 10.x.y
    		Create a notification for this product.
    Show details on NVD website
    To clipboard 

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    CVE-2020-3941 (GCVE-0-2020-3941)

    Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2020-01-15 19:03 – Updated: 2024-08-04 07:52
    VLAI
    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.
    Severity
    No CVSS data available.
    CWE
    • VMware Tools privilege escalation vulnerability
    Assigner
    References
    Impacted products
    Vendor Product Version
    VMware VMware Tools for Windows (VMware Tools) Affected: VMware Tools for Windows 10.x.y
    		Create a notification for this product.
    Show details on NVD website
    To clipboard 

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