Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 20, 2020· Updated Aug 4, 2024
CVE-2020-4005
CVE-2020-4005
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)
Affected products
1- Range: 7.0 before ESXi70U1b-17168206
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
1- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0026.htmlmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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