CVE-2020-3950
VMware Multiple Products: Privilege Escalation
As of , CVE-2020-3950 in VMware Multiple Products is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 3 November 2021
- US federal deadline
- 3 May 2022181 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.07Higher than 94% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- Not availableCISA listed it before 4 February 2022, where the EPSS files we read begin.
- Public exploit
- 1 Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries (2 verified)
- Fix
- No vendor link in CISA's entry
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
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.
CISA's 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.
The CVE record's description, from vmware
- CVE published
- 17 March 2020
- Assigned by
- vmware
- CVSS
- 7.8 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-269
- Improper Privilege Management
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 48235).
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 48337).
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Public exploits
Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.
- Metasploit: VMware Fusion USB Arbitrator Setuid Privilege Escalationexploit module, rank excellent
- Exploit-DB: VMware Fusion - USB Arbitrator Setuid Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)EDB-ID 48337, verified by Exploit-DB, 16 April 2020
- Exploit-DB: VMware Fusion 11.5.2 - Privilege EscalationEDB-ID 48235, verified by Exploit-DB, 20 March 2020
Multiple Products: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2022-22960Privilege Escalation | VMware Multiple Products | Patch this weekMetasploit module | 0.36 | ||
| CVE-2020-4006Multiple VMware Products Command Injection | VMware Multiple Products | Patch soon | 0.17 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org