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CVE-2020-27777

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.7 EPSS 0.50%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-12-15 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.7. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2020-27777
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.7
EPSS
0.50%

Original NVD Description

A flaw was found in the way RTAS handled memory accesses in userspace to kernel communication. On a locked down (usually due to Secure Boot) guest system running on top of PowerVM or KVM hypervisors (pseries platform) a root like local user could use this flaw to further increase their privileges to that of a running kernel.

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