Is CVE-2020-3980 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-3980 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-3980?

CVE-2020-3980 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.7 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-3980?

CVE-2020-3980 has an EPSS score of 0.29% (20th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-3980?

Upgrade fusion to 12.0.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-3980

MEDIUM

6.7

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

VMware Fusion (11.x) contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to the way it allows configuring the system wide path. An attacker with normal user privileges may exploit this issue to trick an admin user into executing malicious code on the system where Fusion is installed.

How to fix

Remediation Available

fusionNVD

Affected:>= 11.0.0, < 12.0.0Fixed in:12.0.0CVE-2020-3980derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.29%probability of exploitation in 30 days

20thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 20% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

vmware.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.