{ "data_type": "CVE", "data_format": "MITRE", "data_version": "4.0", "CVE_data_meta": { "ID": "CVE-2020-4008", "ASSIGNER": "security@vmware.com", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "vendor_name": "n/a", "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "VMware Carbon Black Cloud macOS Sensor", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "VMware Carbon Black Cloud macOS Sensor (prior to 3.5.1)" } ] } } ] } } ] } }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "VMware Carbon Black Cloud macOS Sensor installer file overwrite issue" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0028.html", "url": "https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0028.html" } ] }, "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "The installer of the macOS Sensor for VMware Carbon Black Cloud (prior to 3.5.1) handles certain files in an insecure way. A malicious actor who has local access to the endpoint on which a macOS sensor is going to be installed, may overwrite a limited number of files with output from the sensor installation." } ] } }