Description
VMware ESXi (7.0 before ESXi70U1b-17168206, 6.7 before ESXi670-202011101-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-202011301-SG) contains a privilege-escalation vulnerability that exists in the way certain system calls are being managed. A malicious actor with privileges within the VMX process only, may escalate their privileges on the affected system. Successful exploitation of this issue is only possible when chained with another vulnerability (e.g. CVE-2020-4004)
Related CPE's
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vmware
cloud_foundation
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esxi
References
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0026.html
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0026.html
CVSS impact metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 · High
Information
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Vulnerability status
Modified
Published
2020-11-20T19:15:13.287Z
5 years agoLast modified
2025-10-31T10:44:38.620Z
4 months ago