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CVE-2020-4005
Published: Nov 20, 2020
Modified: Aug 4, 2024
PUBLISHED
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)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | VMware ESXi | affected 7.0 before ESXi70U1b-17168206affected 6.7 before ESXi670-202011101-SGaffected 6.5 before ESXi650-202011301-SG |
References
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0026.html
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