CVE-2020-3974 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting VMware Fusion, VMware Remote Console for Mac, and Horizon Client for Mac due to improper XPC Client validation. This flaw allows a local attacker with normal user privileges to escalate to root on the affected system. Rated 7.8 HIGH on CVSS, it poses a significant risk for privilege escalation. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 11.0.0, < 11.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.0.0, < 5.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.0.0, < 11.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:remote_console:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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