CVE-2020-3950: VMware Fusion (11.x before 11.5.2), VMware Remote Console for Mac (11.x and prior before 11.0.1) and Horizon Client for Mac (5.x and prior before 5.4.0)…

high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

KEVITWEXPLOIT

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilitydue 2022-05-03

Exploited in the wild

VMware Fusion (11.x before 11.5.2), VMware Remote Console for Mac (11.x and prior before 11.0.1) and Horizon Client for Mac (5.x and prior before 5.4.0) contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper use of setuid binaries. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to escalate their privileges to root on the system where Fusion, VMRC or Horizon Client is installed.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
vmware	fusion	>= 11.0.0 < 11.5.2	11.5.2
vmware	horizon_client	>= 5.0.0 < 5.4.0	5.4.0
vmware	remote_console	>= 11.0.0 < 11.0.1	11.0.1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

vulncheck7.8HIGH

cisa7.8HIGH