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)
Analysis
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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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Remediation
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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 EUVD |
EUVD-2020-25270 | 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) |
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History
Fri, 31 Oct 2025 11:45:00 +0000
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: vmware
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-04T07:52:20.623Z
Reserved: 2019-12-30T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2020-4005
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2020-11-20T20:15:13.287
Modified: 2025-10-31T11:44:38.620
Link: CVE-2020-4005
Redhat
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses