VMware Fusion 11.x Path privileges management

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in VMware Fusion 11.x. Affected is an unknown function of the component Path Handler. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2020-3980. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in VMware Fusion 11.x. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Path Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was released 09/16/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vmware.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-3980 since 12/30/2019. The attack needs to be approached locally. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 09/17/2020). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-161337, VDB-161338, VDB-161339 and VDB-161340. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• VMware

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• Fusion

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• 11.x

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.vmware.com/

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