CVE-2020-3972 (GCVE-0-2020-3972)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-06-19 17:29 – Updated: 2024-08-04 07:52
VLAI
Summary
VMware Tools for macOS (11.x.x and prior before 11.1.1) contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Host-Guest File System (HGFS) implementation. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with non-admin privileges on guest macOS virtual machines to create a denial-of-service condition on their own VMs.
Severity
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • Denial-of-service vulnerability
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a VMware Tools for macOS Affected: VMware Tools for macOS (11.x.x and prior before 11.1.1)
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