CVE-2020-3960 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability affecting VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion products, specifically within their NVMe functionality. A local, non-administrative attacker within a virtual machine with a virtual NVMe controller could exploit this to read privileged information from physical memory. With a CVSS score of 8.4 (HIGH), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 11.0.0, < 11.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 15.0.0, < 15.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:vsphere_esxi:6.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:vsphere_esxi:6.5:650-201701001:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:vsphere_esxi:6.5:650-201703001:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H
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