CVE-2020-4008: VMware Carbon Black Cloud

Low severity, CVSS 3.6. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• VMware Carbon Black Cloud: before 3.5.1 (fixed in 3.5.1)

Published 2020-12-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.