cvelist/2020/3xxx/CVE-2020-3941.json

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        "ID": "CVE-2020-3941",
        "ASSIGNER": "security@vmware.com",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
    },
    "affects": {
        "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
                {
                    "vendor_name": "VMware",
                    "product": {
                        "product_data": [
                            {
                                "product_name": "VMware Tools for Windows (VMware Tools)",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "VMware Tools for Windows 10.x.y"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    }
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    "problemtype": {
        "problemtype_data": [
            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "VMware Tools privilege escalation vulnerability"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "refsource": "CONFIRM",
                "name": "https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0002.html",
                "url": "https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0002.html"
            }
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    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "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."
            }
        ]
    }
}