VMware Tools 10.x < 11.0.0 Privilege Escalation (VMSA-2020-0002)

The version of VMware Tools installed on the remote Windows host is 10.x, which is prior to 11.0.0. It is, therefore, affected by a race condition which may allow for privilege escalation in the virtual machine where Tools is installed. An authenticated, local attacker can exploit this to escalat...

CVE-2020-3941

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...

CVE-2020-3941

CVE-2020-3941 boils down to a race-condition in the repair operation of VMware Tools for Windows (10.x.y), which may enable local privilege escalation in the guest VM. VMware notes the vulnerability is not present in Tools 11.x.y, where the affected functionality is removed. Affected remediation ...

VMSA-2020-0002:VMware Tools workaround addresses a local privilege escalation vulnerability

Advisory ID: VMSA-2020-0002 CVSSv3 Range: 7.8 Issue Date:2020-01-14 Updated On: 2020-01-14 Initial Advisory CVEs: CVE-2020-3941 Synopsis: VMware Tools workaround addresses a local privilege escalation vulnerability CVE-2020-3941 RSS Feed Download PDF Download Text File Share this page on social...