{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-3941 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2020-3941 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2020-3941 is a high-severity vulnerability in VMware Tools for Windows (VMware Tools), published on 15 Jan 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2020-3941 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2020-3941 is a high-severity vulnerability in VMware Tools for Windows (VMware Tools), published on 15 Jan 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-3941 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: VMware Tools for Windows (VMware Tools). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3941/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3941/index.md)","id":"CVE-2020-3941","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3941/index.md","name":"CVE-2020-3941","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-hwqh-393p-ff66"],"analysis":{"component_type":"operating_system","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"VMware Tools Windows","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A race condition in VMware Tools for Windows allows local attackers to escalate privileges within the virtual machine.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"race_condition"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"vmware","cpe":[{"product":"tools","vendor":"vmware"}],"cvss":{"score":7,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-362","name":"Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization"}],"description":"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Race condition in VMware Tools for Windows (VMware Tools)","id":"CVE-2020-3941","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"race_condition","year":"2020"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Code injection in vRealize Operations for Horizon Adapter","id":"CVE-2020-3943"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Information disclosure in Workspace ONE SDK","id":"CVE-2020-3940"},"products":["VMware Tools for Windows (VMware Tools)"],"published":"2020-01-15","related":[{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in VMware Tools","id":"CVE-2023-34057","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-10-27"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Null dereference in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-7079","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2016-12-29"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Null dereference in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-7080","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2016-12-29"},{"cvss_score":7.1,"headline":"XML external entity in VMware Tools for Windows","id":"CVE-2022-22977","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-05-24"},{"cvss_score":7.1,"headline":"Information disclosure in VMware Tools for Windows","id":"CVE-2019-5522","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-06-06"},{"cvss_score":7,"headline":"Information disclosure in VMware Tools","id":"CVE-2018-6969","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-07-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-04","vendors":["VMware"]},"summary":"A race condition in VMware Tools for Windows allows local attackers to escalate privileges within the virtual machine.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3941/"}