CVE-2020-4008 Information

Description

The installer of the macOS Sensor for VMware Carbon Black Cloud prior to 3.5.1 handles certain files in an insecure way. A malicious actor who has local access to the endpoint on which a macOS sensor is going to be installed may overwrite a limited number of files with output from the sensor installation.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0028.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.1