Security Advisory

CVE-2020-3948

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2020-03-16 17:17:39

Last updated 2024-08-04 07:52:20

Assigner vmware

State PUBLISHED

Description

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.

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