CVE-2020-3941

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
VMwareVMware Tools for Windows (VMware Tools)VMware Tools for Windows 10.x.yaffected

Weaknesses

  • VMware Tools privilege escalation vulnerability

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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