CVE-2020-3948 (GCVE-0-2020-3948)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-03-16 17:17
Modified
2024-08-04 07:52
Severity ?
CWE
  • Local privilege escalation vulnerability
Summary
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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VMware Workstation Version: 15.x before 15.5.2
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