VMware Tools up to 11 on Windows race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in VMware Tools on Windows and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in race condition. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2020-3941. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in VMware Tools on Windows. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The repair operation of VMware Tools for Windows 10.x.y has a race condition which may allow for privilege escalation in the Virtual Machine where Tools is installed. This vulnerability is not present in VMware Tools 11.x.y since the affected functionality is not present in VMware Tools 11.

The weakness was released 01/15/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared at vmware.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-3941 since 12/30/2019. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 11.0.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Tools 11.0.0

Timelineinfo

12/30/2019 🔍
01/15/2020 +16 days 🔍
01/16/2020 +1 days 🔍
02/04/2026 +2211 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: vmware.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-3941 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-3941
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-149061
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413

Entryinfo

Created: 01/16/2020 10:51
Updated: 02/04/2026 15:08
Changes: 01/16/2020 10:51 (36), 01/16/2020 10:56 (17), 02/04/2026 15:05 (2), 02/04/2026 15:08 (23)
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Committer: lywand
Cache ID: 216::103

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