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High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Jan 15, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

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

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  • VMware/Tools
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: >=10.0.0,<11.0.0
  • VMware/Tools for Windowsllm-fuzzy2 versions
    10.x.y+ 1 more
    • (no CPE)range: 10.x.y
    • (no CPE)range: VMware Tools for Windows 10.x.y

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