CVE-2020-4005
HIGHVMware ESXi <7.0U1b-17168206, <6.7-202011101-SG, <6.5-202011301-SG ...
Title source: llmDescription
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)
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0026.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0021
EPSS Percentile
43.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
Status
published
Products (2)
vmware/cloud_foundation
3.0 - 3.10.1.2
vmware/esxi
6.5 (49 CPE variants)
Published
Nov 20, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026