CVE-2020-3974

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.004 · 31 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.37% (31st) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

7 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

VMware Fusion (11.x before 11.5.5), VMware Remote Console for Mac (11.x and prior before 11.2.0 ) and Horizon Client for Mac (5.x and prior before 5.4.3) contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper XPC Client validation. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to escalate their privileges to root on the system where Fusion, VMware Remote Console for Mac or Horizon Client for Mac is installed.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-269US

affected products (7)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a VMware Fusion, VMware Remote Console for Mac and Horizon Client for Mac≤ VMware Fusion (11.x before 11.5.5), VMware Remote Console for Mac (11.x and prior before 11.2.0 ) and Horizon Client for Mac (5.x and prior before 5.4.3)enisa_euvdEU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Fusion11.0.0 → 11.5.5fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Remote Console (VMRC)11.0.0 → 11.2.0fstec_bduRU
Omnissa Omnissa Horizon Client5.0.0 → 5.4.3fstec_bduRU
vmware fusion11.0.0 → 11.5.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware horizon client5.0.0 → 5.4.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware remote console11.0.0 → 11.2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:remote_console:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-07-10modified 2026-06-17

references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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