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CVE-2020-4005

Published: 2020-11-20T20:15Z
Last Modified: 2024-11-21T05:32Z
Source: MITRE CVE List
License: MITRE-CVE-TOS
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) > MITRE Terms of Use apply – see LICENSE‑MITRE.txt