CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-3974

Published: Jul 10, 2020 | Modified: Sep 08, 2021
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

VMware Fusion (11.x before 11.5.5), VMware Remote Console for Mac (11.x and prior before 11.2.0 ) and Horizon Client for Mac (5.x and prior before 5.4.3) contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper XPC Client validation. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to escalate their privileges to root on the system where Fusion, VMware Remote Console for Mac or Horizon Client for Mac is installed.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Fusion Vmware 11.0.0 (including) 11.5.5 (excluding)
Horizon_client Vmware 5.0.0 (including) 5.4.3 (excluding)
Remote_console Vmware 11.0.0 (including) 11.2.0 (excluding)

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