Privilege escalation vulnerability in Cortado Thinprint in VMware Workstation and VMware Player- CVE-2020-3948| ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:61996 | Date: (C)2020-03-13 (M)2022-10-10 |
| Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: windows |
The host is installed with VMware Workstation 15.x before 15.5.2, VMware Player 15.x before 15.5.2 and is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. A flaw is present in the application, which fails to handle improper file permissions in Cortado Thinprint. Successful exploitation may allow local attackers with non-administrative access to elevate their privileges to root on the same guest VM.
| Platform: |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 |
| Microsoft Windows 11 |
| Microsoft Windows 10 |
| Microsoft Windows 7 |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 |
| Product: |
| VMware Player |
| VMware Workstation |
