CVE-2020-4005
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 20, 2020 at 07:06 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:19 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorCloud FoundationESXi
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
3.0 ≤ v < 3.10.1.24.0 ≤ v < 4.1.0.1
Affected range stops below 3.10.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.1.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
6.56.5 650-2017010016.5 650-2017030016.5 650-2017030026.5 650-2017040016.5 650-2017071016.5 650-2017071026.5 650-2017071036.5 650-2017072016.5 650-2017072026.5 650-2017072036.5 650-2017072046.5 650-2017072056.5 650-2017072066.5 650-2017072076.5 650-2017072086.5 650-2017072096.5 650-2017072106.5 650-2017072116.5 650-2017072126.5 650-2017072136.5 650-2017072146.5 650-2017072156.5 650-2017072166.5 650-2017072176.5 650-2017072186.5 650-2017072196.5 650-2017072206.5 650-2017072216.5 650-2017100016.5 650-2017120016.5 650-2018030016.5 650-2018060016.5 650-2018080016.5 650-2018100016.5 650-2018100026.5 650-2018110016.5 650-2018110026.5 650-2018113016.5 650-2019010016.5 650-2019030016.5 650-2019050016.5 650-2019080016.5 650-2019100016.5 650-201910040016.5 650-2019110016.5 650-2019114016.5 650-2019114026.5 650-2019120016.5 650-2019120026.5 650-2019121016.5 650-2019121026.5 650-2019121036.5 650-2019121046.5 650-2019123016.5 650-2019124016.5 650-2019124026.5 650-2019124036.5 650-2019124046.5 650-2020050016.5 650-2020060016.5 650-2020070016.5 650-2020100016.5 650-2020110016.5 650-2020110026.5 before ESXi650-202011301-SG6.76.7 670-2018060016.7 670-2018070016.7 670-2018080016.7 670-2018100016.7 670-2018101016.7 670-2018101026.7 670-2018101036.7 670-2018102016.7 670-2018102026.7 670-2018102036.7 670-2018102046.7 670-2018102056.7 670-2018102066.7 670-2018102076.7 670-2018102086.7 670-2018102096.7 670-2018102106.7 670-2018102116.7 670-2018102126.7 670-2018102136.7 670-2018102146.7 670-2018102156.7 670-2018102166.7 670-2018102176.7 670-2018102186.7 670-2018102196.7 670-2018102206.7 670-2018102216.7 670-2018102226.7 670-2018102236.7 670-2018102246.7 670-2018102256.7 670-2018102266.7 670-2018102276.7 670-2018102286.7 670-2018102296.7 670-2018102306.7 670-2018102316.7 670-2018102326.7 670-2018102336.7 670-2018102346.7 670-2018110016.7 670-2019010016.7 670-2019014016.7 670-2019014026.7 670-2019014036.7 670-2019030016.7 670-2019040016.7 670-2019042016.7 670-201904201-ug6.7 670-2019042026.7 670-201904202-ug6.7 670-2019042036.7 670-201904203-ug6.7 670-2019042046.7 670-201904204-ug6.7 670-2019042056.7 670-201904205-ug6.7 670-2019042066.7 670-201904206-ug6.7 670-2019042076.7 670-201904207-ug6.7 670-2019042086.7 670-201904208-ug6.7 670-2019042096.7 670-201904209-ug6.7 670-2019042106.7 670-201904210-ug6.7 670-2019042116.7 670-201904211-ug6.7 670-2019042126.7 670-201904212-ug6.7 670-2019042136.7 670-201904213-ug6.7 670-2019042146.7 670-201904214-ug6.7 670-2019042156.7 670-201904215-ug6.7 670-2019042166.7 670-201904216-ug6.7 670-2019042176.7 670-201904217-ug6.7 670-2019042186.7 670-201904218-ug6.7 670-2019042196.7 670-201904219-ug6.7 670-2019042206.7 670-201904220-ug6.7 670-2019042216.7 670-201904221-ug6.7 670-2019042226.7 670-201904222-ug6.7 670-2019042236.7 670-201904223-ug6.7 670-2019042246.7 670-201904224-ug6.7 670-2019042256.7 670-201904225-ug6.7 670-2019042266.7 670-2019050016.7 670-2019060026.7 670-2019110016.7 670-2019120016.7 670-2020040016.7 670-2020040026.7 670-2020060016.7 670-2020080016.7 670-2020100016.7 before ESXi670-202011101-SG7.07.0 before ESXi70U1b-171682067.0 beta7.0 update_17.0 update_1a7.0 update_1b
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0026.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo
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