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CVE-2020-4005

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.38% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-11-20 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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Public Exploit Signal

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CVE
CVE-2020-4005
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.38%
VMware VMWare ESXi

Original NVD 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)