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CVE-2020-3980

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Published: Sep 16, 2020Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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6.7
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 0.8 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Vmware: Fusion
1 product
Fusion
Configuration A
1 vulnerable · 1 platform
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
From 11.0.0 to 12.0.0
Running on/withPlatform Versions
Apple
Mac Os X
All versions

References (2)

Source: security@vmware.com
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

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