CVE-2020-3948 vulnerability in VMware Products
Published on March 16, 2020
Linux Guest VMs running on VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.5.2) and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.2) contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper file permissions in Cortado Thinprint. Local attackers with non-administrative access to a Linux guest VM with virtual printing enabled may exploit this issue to elevate their privileges to root on the same guest VM.
Products Associated with CVE-2020-3948
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Affected Versions
VMware Workstation:- Version 15.x before 15.5.2 is affected.
- Version 11.x before 11.5.2 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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