CVE-2020-3980

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-09-16 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

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.

Affected products

VMware Fusion: from 11.0.0 before 12.0.0 — fixed in 12.0.0
VMware Fusion: VMware Fusion (11.x)

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: VMware Fusion 12.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0020.html
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0020.html

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