VMware Fusion (11.x) contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to the way it allows configuring the system wide path.

published 2020-09-16 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-25245

cvss: 6.7; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 21%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

vmware fusion 12.0.0

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Exploit prediction

0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	6.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	3.7	AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

n/a VMware Fusion

Classification

Technology feeds

VMware rss critical rss

References

vmware.com /security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0020.html
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-3980
NVD CVE-2020-3980

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