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CVE-2020-4005

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)

  • Published: Nov 20, 2020
  • Updated: Apr 14, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2020-4005
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.8
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.2
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Software From Fixed in
vmware / cloud_foundation 3.0 3.10.1.2
vmware / cloud_foundation 4.0 4.1.0.1
vmware / esxi 6.5 6.5.x
vmware / esxi 6.5-650-201707201 6.5-650-201707201.x
vmware / esxi 6.5-650-201707202 6.5-650-201707202.x
vmware / esxi 6.5-650-201707203 6.5-650-201707203.x
vmware / esxi 6.5-650-201707204 6.5-650-201707204.x
vmware / esxi 6.5-650-201707205 6.5-650-201707205.x
vmware / esxi 6.5-650-201707206 6.5-650-201707206.x
vmware / esxi 6.5-650-201707207 6.5-650-201707207.x
vmware / esxi 6.5-650-201707208 6.5-650-201707208.x
vmware / esxi 6.5-650-201707209 6.5-650-201707209.x
vmware / esxi 6.5-650-201707210 6.5-650-201707210.x
vmware / esxi 6.5-650-201707211 6.5-650-201707211.x
vmware / esxi 6.5-650-201707212 6.5-650-201707212.x
vmware / esxi 6.5-650-201707213 6.5-650-201707213.x
vmware / esxi 6.5-650-201707214 6.5-650-201707214.x
vmware / esxi 6.5-650-201707215 6.5-650-201707215.x
vmware / esxi 6.5-650-201707216 6.5-650-201707216.x
vmware / esxi 6.5-650-201707217 6.5-650-201707217.x
vmware / esxi 6.5-650-201707218 6.5-650-201707218.x
vmware / esxi 6.5-650-201707219 6.5-650-201707219.x
vmware / esxi 6.5-650-201707220 6.5-650-201707220.x
vmware / esxi 6.5-650-201707221 6.5-650-201707221.x
vmware / esxi 6.5-650-201707102 6.5-650-201707102.x
vmware / esxi 6.5-650-201707101 6.5-650-201707101.x
vmware / esxi 6.5-650-201707103 6.5-650-201707103.x
vmware / esxi 6.5-650-201811001 6.5-650-201811001.x
vmware / esxi 6.5-650-201811301 6.5-650-201811301.x
vmware / esxi 6.5-650-201701001 6.5-650-201701001.x
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vmware / esxi 6.5-650-201703002 6.5-650-201703002.x
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vmware / esxi 6.5-650-201901001 6.5-650-201901001.x
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vmware / esxi 6.5-650-202010001 6.5-650-202010001.x
vmware / esxi 6.5-650-202011002 6.5-650-202011002.x
vmware / esxi 6.5-650-202011001 6.5-650-202011001.x
vmware / esxi 6.7 6.7.x
vmware / esxi 6.7-670-201810201 6.7-670-201810201.x
vmware / esxi 6.7-670-201810202 6.7-670-201810202.x
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vmware / esxi 6.7-670-201810204 6.7-670-201810204.x
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vmware / esxi 6.7-670-201810207 6.7-670-201810207.x
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vmware / esxi 6.7-670-201810226 6.7-670-201810226.x
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vmware / esxi 6.7-670-201810229 6.7-670-201810229.x
vmware / esxi 6.7-670-201810230 6.7-670-201810230.x
vmware / esxi 6.7-670-201810231 6.7-670-201810231.x
vmware / esxi 6.7-670-201810232 6.7-670-201810232.x
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vmware / esxi 6.7-670-201810234 6.7-670-201810234.x
vmware / esxi 6.7-670-201810101 6.7-670-201810101.x
vmware / esxi 6.7-670-201810102 6.7-670-201810102.x
vmware / esxi 6.7-670-201810103 6.7-670-201810103.x
vmware / esxi 6.7-670-201901401 6.7-670-201901401.x
vmware / esxi 6.7-670-201901402 6.7-670-201901402.x
vmware / esxi 6.7-670-201901403 6.7-670-201901403.x
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vmware / esxi 6.7-670-202010001 6.7-670-202010001.x
vmware / esxi 6.7-670-201911001 6.7-670-201911001.x
vmware / esxi 7.0-beta 7.0-beta.x
vmware / esxi 7.0-update_1 7.0-update_1.x
vmware / esxi 7.0-update_1a 7.0-update_1a.x
vmware / esxi 7.0-update_1b 7.0-update_1b.x
vmware / esxi 7.0 7.0.x