CVE-2020-3950
HIGH KEVVMware Fusion <11.5.2 - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
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.
Exploits (4)
exploitdb
WORKING POC
VERIFIED
by Metasploit · rubylocalmacos
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48337
exploitdb
WORKING POC
VERIFIED
by Rich Mirch · bashlocalmacos
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48235
metasploit
WORKING POC
EXCELLENT
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/osx/local/vmware_fusion_lpe.rb
References (4)
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.2137
EPSS Percentile
95.7%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CISA KEV
2021-11-03
VulnCheck KEV
2021-11-03
InTheWild.io
2021-07-23
ENISA EUVD
EUVD-2020-25215
CWE
CWE-269
Status
published
Products (3)
vmware/fusion
11.0.0 - 11.5.2
vmware/horizon_client
5.0.0 - 5.4.0
vmware/remote_console
11.0.0 - 11.0.1
Published
Mar 17, 2020
KEV Added
Nov 03, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026