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GHSA-4R3V-PR3Q-QVW9

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:28 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:28

Details

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.

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CVE-2020-3980 (GCVE-0-2020-3980)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-09-16 16:13 – Updated: 2024-08-04 07:52

Summary

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Privilege escalation vulnerability

Assigner

vmware

References

URL

Tags

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2…

x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	VMware Fusion	Affected: VMware Fusion (11.x)

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Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-4R3V-PR3Q-QVW9

CVE-2020-3980 (GCVE-0-2020-3980)

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