vulnerability
VMware VMware Tools: CVE-2020-3972: VMware Tools for macOS update addresses a denial-of-service vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jun 18, 2020 | Jun 3, 2025 | Aug 8, 2025 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jun 18, 2020
Added
Jun 3, 2025
Modified
Aug 8, 2025
Description
VMware Tools for macOS contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Host-Guest File System (HGFS) implementation. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Low severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 3.3.
Solution
vmware-tools-upgrade-latest
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