What is CVE-2020-3980?

CVE-2020-3980 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2020-09-16.

How severe is CVE-2020-3980?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X

CVE-2020-3980

VMware Fusion (11.x) contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to the way it allows configuring the system wide path. An attacker with normal user privileges may exploit this issue to trick an admin user into executing malicious code on the system where Fusion is installed.

EPSS: 0.003 (20.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Apple Mac_os_x
Vmware Fusion
N/a Vmware Fusion — versions VMware Fusion (11.x)

References

security@vmware.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-3980?: CVE-2020-3980 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2020-09-16.
How severe is CVE-2020-3980?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.