vulnerability
VMware VMware Tools: CVE-2020-3941: VMware Tools workaround addresses a local privilege escalation vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jan 14, 2020 | Jun 3, 2025 | Aug 8, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jan 14, 2020
Added
Jun 3, 2025
Modified
Aug 8, 2025
Description
The repair operation of VMware Tools for Windows has a race condition. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Important severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 7.8.
Solution
vmware-tools-upgrade-latest
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