CVE-2020-4008

LowCVSS 3.6/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The installer of the macOS Sensor for VMware Carbon Black Cloud (prior to 3.5.1) handles certain files in an insecure way. A malicious actor who has local access to the endpoint on which a macOS sensor is going to be installed, may overwrite a limited number of files with output from the sensor installation.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 3.6/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	VMware Carbon Black Cloud macOS Sensor	VMware Carbon Black Cloud macOS Sensor (prior to 3.5.1)

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0028.htmlVendor Advisory
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0028.htmlVendor Advisory

Timeline

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

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