CVE-2020-3941

HighCVSS 7.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.0/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-362

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jan 15, 2020
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2020-3941: High severity, CVSS 7.0 | Vulnix