November 3, 2021 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2020-3950 — VMware Multiple Products
VMware Multiple Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2021-11-03- Federal due date
2022-05-03- Vendor
- VMware
- Product
- Multiple Products
- EPSS
- 94.9th percentile (score 0.161, as of
2026-06-08) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3950
CISA short description
VMware Fusion, Remote Console (VMRC) for Mac, and Horizon Client for Mac contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper use of setuid binaries that allows attackers to escalate privileges to root.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.