The vulnerability of VMware Fusion, Horizon Client for Mac, and VMware Remote Console for Mac lies in the insecure management of privileges, allowing an attacker to elevate their privileges to the root level.

The vulnerability of VMware Fusion, Horizon Client for Mac, and VMware Remote Console for Mac is related to insecure management of privileges. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to elevate their privileges to the root level...

CVE-2020-3957

VMware Fusion 11.x before 11.5.5, VMware Remote Console for Mac 11.x and prior and VMware Horizon Client for Mac 5.x and prior contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to a Time-of-check Time-of-use TOCTOU issue in the service opener. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow...

CVE-2020-3957

VMware Fusion 11.x before 11.5.5, VMware Remote Console for Mac 11.x and prior and VMware Horizon Client for Mac 5.x and prior contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to a Time-of-check Time-of-use TOCTOU issue in the service opener. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow...

Privilege escalation

VMware Fusion 11.x before 11.5.5, VMware Remote Console for Mac 11.x and prior and VMware Horizon Client for Mac 5.x and prior contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to a Time-of-check Time-of-use TOCTOU issue in the service opener. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow...

CVE-2020-3957

VMware Fusion 11.x before 11.5.5, VMware Remote Console for Mac 11.x and prior and VMware Horizon Client for Mac 5.x and prior contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to a Time-of-check Time-of-use TOCTOU issue in the service opener. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow...

CVE-2020-3957

Summary of CVE-2020-3957 : VMware Fusion (11.x before 11.5.5), VMware Remote Console for Mac (11.x and prior), and VMware Horizon Client for Mac (5.x and prior) contain a local privilege-escalation vulnerability caused by a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) issue in the service opener. Successfu...

PT-2020-3059

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware Fusion versions 11.x before 11.5.5 VMware Remote Console for Mac versions 11.x and prior VMware Horizon Client for Mac versions 5.x and prior Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in VMware products, allowing f...

CVE-2020-3957: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

VMware Fusion 11.x before 11.5.5, VMware Remote Console for Mac 11.x and prior and VMware Horizon Client for Mac 5.x and prior contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to a Time-of-check Time-of-use TOCTOU issue in the service opener. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow...

VMSA-2020-0011:VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, VMware Remote Console and Horizon Client updates address multiple security vulnerabilities

Advisory ID: VMSA-2020-0011.1 CVSSv3 Range: 3.3-7.3 Issue Date:2020-05-28 Updated On: 2020-07-09 CVEs: CVE-2020-3957, CVE-2020-3958, CVE-2020-3959 Synopsis: VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, VMware Remote Console and Horizon Client updates address multiple security vulnerabilities CVE-2020-3957,...

VMware Workstation and Horizon Client for Windows Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

VMware Workstation and VMware Horizon are both products of VMware, Inc. VMware Workstation is a suite of virtual machine software. VMware Workstation is a suite of virtual machine software that provides the ability to run multiple virtual machines with different operating systems at the same...

CVE-2020-3951

VMware Workstation 15.x before 15.5.2 and Horizon Client for Windows 5.x and prior before 5.4.0 contain a denial-of-service vulnerability due to a heap-overflow issue in Cortado Thinprint. Attackers with non-administrative access to a guest VM with virtual printing enabled may exploit this issue ...

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 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper use of setuid binaries. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with...

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 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper use of setuid binaries. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with...

CVE-2020-3951

VMware Workstation 15.x before 15.5.2 and Horizon Client for Windows 5.x and prior before 5.4.0 contain a denial-of-service vulnerability due to a heap-overflow issue in Cortado Thinprint. Attackers with non-administrative access to a guest VM with virtual printing enabled may exploit this issue ...

Heap overflow

VMware Workstation 15.x before 15.5.2 and Horizon Client for Windows 5.x and prior before 5.4.0 contain a denial-of-service vulnerability due to a heap-overflow issue in Cortado Thinprint. Attackers with non-administrative access to a guest VM with virtual printing enabled may exploit this issue ...

Privilege escalation

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...

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 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper use of setuid binaries. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with...

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 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper use of setuid binaries. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with...

CVE-2020-3950

Mode C: CVE-2020-3950 affects VMware Fusion (11.x up to 11.5.1/11.5.2), VMware Remote Console for Mac (11.x up to 11.0.1), and Horizon Client for Mac (5.x up to 5.4.0). Root cause: improper use of setuid binaries enabling local privilege escalation from a normal user to root on systems running th...

CVE-2020-3951

VMware Workstation 15.x before 15.5.2 and Horizon Client for Windows 5.x and prior before 5.4.0 contain a denial-of-service vulnerability due to a heap-overflow issue in Cortado Thinprint. Attackers with non-administrative access to a guest VM with virtual printing enabled may exploit this issue ...