CVE-2020-4005

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.004 · 33 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.39% (33rd) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

12 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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)

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-200US

affected products (12)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a VMware ESXi≤ 6.5 before ESXi650-202011301-SGenisa_euvdEU
n/a VMware ESXi≤ 7.0 before ESXi70U1b-17168206enisa_euvdEU
n/a VMware ESXi≤ 6.7 before ESXi670-202011101-SGenisa_euvdEU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Cloud Foundation4.0 → 4.1.0.1fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware ESXi6.5 → ESXi650-202011301-SGfstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware ESXi6.7 → ESXi670-202011101-SGfstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware ESXi7.0 → ESXi70U1b-17168206fstec_bduRU
vmware cloud foundation3.0 → 3.10.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware cloud foundation4.0 → 4.1.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi= 6.5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi= 6.7nvdUScpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-11-20modified 2026-06-17

references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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