Published: 19/06/2020 Updated: 08/09/2021

CVSS v2 Base Score: 2.1 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

CVSS v3 Base Score: 3.3 | Impact Score: 1.4 | Exploitability Score: 1.8

VMScore: 187

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

VMware Tools for macOS (11.x.x and prior prior to 11.1.1) contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Host-Guest File System (HGFS) implementation. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with non-admin privileges on guest macOS virtual machines to create a denial-of-service condition on their own VMs.

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Roundup It was another week of furious firefighting in the security space, including the curious tale of a Forbes "most promising" entrepreneur indicted over alleged phishing attacks, new privacy laws in the US, software flaws and more. Those running VMWare guest machines on Mac will want to update their software to get a security fix for VMware Tools (the software that links the guest and host machine). A patch was released for a denial-of-service flaw (CVE-2020-3972) in Tools for Mac that woul...

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