CVE-2020-3941

CVSS V2 Medium 4.4 CVSS V3 High 7

Description

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2020-3941

Assigner
security@vmware.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2020-01-15T20:15:25

Last Modified Date
2020-02-05T19:56:44

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-362	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/362.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
		AND
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools::::::::	1	OR	10.0.0	11.0.0
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*	0	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
4.4

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
3.4

Impact Score
6.4

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
HIGH

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
1

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0002.html	Vendor Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3941
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-3941

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 16:51:00				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 09:43:36	2020-01-15T20:15Z	2020-01-15T20:15:25	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-04 09:43:36		2020-02-05T19:56:44	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-04 09:43:36		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated