CVE-2020-3950
VMware Multiple Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
What is affected
| Vendor | VMware |
|---|---|
| Product | Multiple Products |
| Weakness | CWE-269 |
The vulnerability
VMware Fusion, Remote Console (VMRC) for Mac, and Horizon Client for Mac contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper use of setuid binaries that allows attackers to escalate privileges to root.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
US federal civilian agencies were required to act by 3 May 2022 under BOD 22-01. The deadline is a compliance date, not a measure of severity — it says nothing about how dangerous the flaw is to anyone else.
Where this comes from
Every field on this page is taken from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, last synced 12 Nov 2026, 12:25. Nothing here is our own assessment. For the technical scoring, see the NVD record below.
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