Vulnerability Details : CVE-2020-3980
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.
Vulnerability category: Gain privilege
Products affected by CVE-2020-3980
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-3980
0.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 10 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2020-3980
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3.7
|
LOW | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
1.9
|
6.4
|
NIST | |
6.7
|
MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
0.8
|
5.9
|
NIST |
References for CVE-2020-3980
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https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0020.html
VMSA-2020-0020Vendor Advisory
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