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CVE-2020-3950

Known Exploited (CISA KEV)HIGH
7.8
CVSS Severity Score
EPSS Score25.6110%
EPSS Percentile91.65th
PublishedMar 17, 2020
Last ModifiedOct 30, 2025

Vulnerability Description

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.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

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Vmware

Fusion

>= 11.0.0 and < 11.5.2
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Vmware

Horizon Client

>= 5.0.0 and < 5.4.0
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Vmware

Remote Console

>= 11.0.0 and < 11.0.1

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