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.

Related CVEs

CVE-2020-3941

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-hwqh-393p-ff66

Published

May 24, 2022 5:06 PM

Last Modified

May 24, 2022 5:06 PM

CVSS Score

5.0 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: September 19, 2025 6:29 AM

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