CVE-2020-3972

LowCVSS 3.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

VMware Tools for macOS (11.x.x and prior before 11.1.1) contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Host-Guest File System (HGFS) implementation. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with non-admin privileges on guest macOS virtual machines to create a denial-of-service condition on their own VMs.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 3.3/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jun 19, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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