Input validation error in VMware Tools - CVE-2020-3972
Published: June 19, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU29174
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-3972
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the Host-Guest File System (HGFS) implementation. A local user can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
VMware Tools
How to mitigate CVE-2020-3972
Install updates from vendor's website.
VMware Tools - update to 11.1.1