FKIE_CVE-2020-3941

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-01-15 20:15 - Updated: 2024-11-21 05:32
Severity ?
7.0 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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
security@vmware.comhttps://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0002.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0002.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
vmware tools *
microsoft windows -
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