CVE-2020-3950 — VMware Multiple Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
CVE-2020-3950: VMware Multiple Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)
| Vendor / project | VMware |
| Product | Multiple Products |
| Date added | 2021-11-03 |
| Due date | 2022-05-03 |
| Ransomware campaign use | Unknown |
Description
VMware Fusion, Remote Console (VMRC) for Mac, and Horizon Client for Mac contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper use of setuid binaries that allows attackers to escalate privileges to root.
Required action (CISA)
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3950
Weakness behind it
CISA records this vulnerability as an instance of CWE-269. From there the chain continues into CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques, all inside this corpus.
References
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3950
- KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
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