cve-2020-3972
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-06-19 17:29
Modified
2024-08-04 07:52
Severity ?
Summary
VMware Tools for macOS (11.x.x and prior before 11.1.1) contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Host-Guest File System (HGFS) implementation. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with non-admin privileges on guest macOS virtual machines to create a denial-of-service condition on their own VMs.
References
security@vmware.comhttps://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0014.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0014.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a VMware Tools for macOS Version: VMware Tools for macOS (11.x.x and prior before 11.1.1)
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