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CVE-2020-3950

Severity
high · on CISA KEV actively exploited
Source
CISA-KEV · kev
Published
2021-11-03
Reference
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3950
⌖ exploited in the wild shame 50/100 exploited-in-wild

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.

Players implicated

VMware, Inc. · vendorMultiple Products · product

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.

Affected FedRAMP products 2 in the catalog

ProductProviderStatusMatch
VMware Government Services (VGS) VMware, Inc. Authorized vendor-exact · 0.90
Workspace ONE VMware, Inc. Authorized vendor-exact · 0.90