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Medium severity6.7NVD Advisory· Published Sep 16, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-3980

CVE-2020-3980

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.

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Affected products

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  • VMware/Fusion2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=11.0.0,<12.0.0
    • (no CPE)range: 11.x
  • VMware/Fusiondescription

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