CVE-2020-3980

MediumCVSS 6.7/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.7/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	VMware Fusion	VMware Fusion (11.x)

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0020.htmlVendor Advisory
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0020.htmlVendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Sep 16, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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