Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 15, 2020· Updated Aug 4, 2024
CVE-2020-3941
CVE-2020-3941
Description
The repair operation of VMware Tools for Windows 10.x.y has a race condition which may allow for privilege escalation in the Virtual Machine where Tools is installed. This vulnerability is not present in VMware Tools 11.x.y since the affected functionality is not present in VMware Tools 11.
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Affected products
2- Range: 10.x.y
- Range: VMware Tools for Windows 10.x.y
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
No source-code context for this CVE — mechanics is only generated when we can read the actual fix diff. Without that, the four sections (root cause, attack vector, affected code, fix) would be speculation rather than analysis.
References
1- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0002.htmlmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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