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ghsa-hwqh-393p-ff66

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-24 17:06

Modified

2022-05-24 17:06

Details

The repair operation of VMware Tools for Windows 10.x.y has a race condition which may allow for privilege escalation in the Virtual Machine where Tools is installed. This vulnerability is not present in VMware Tools 11.x.y since the affected functionality is not present in VMware Tools 11.

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cve-2020-3941

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2020-01-15 19:03

Modified

2024-08-04 07:52

Severity ?

Summary

The repair operation of VMware Tools for Windows 10.x.y has a race condition which may allow for privilege escalation in the Virtual Machine where Tools is installed. This vulnerability is not present in VMware Tools 11.x.y since the affected functionality is not present in VMware Tools 11.

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0002.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	VMware	VMware Tools for Windows (VMware Tools)

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