VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion and Cloud Foundation updates address a denial of service vulnerability (CVE-2020-3999)

3a. Denial-of-Service Vulnerability due to improper input validation CVE-2020-3999 VMware ESXi, Workstation and Fusion contain a denial of service vulnerability due to improper input validation in GuestInfo. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Low severity range with a...

The vulnerability of the XHCI interface of USB controllers in VMware ESXi, VMware Workstation, VMware Fusion, and the VMware Cloud Foundation virtualization platform allows a perpetrator to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the XHCI Extensible Host Controller Interface interface of USB controllers in VMware ESXi, VMware Workstation, VMware Fusion, and VMware Cloud Foundation virtualization platforms is related to the use of memory after release. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacke...

VMware ESXi SLP Use-After-Free Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of VMware ESXi. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the processing of SLP...

ESXi 6.5 / 6.7 / 7.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2020-0026)

According to its self-reported version number, the remote VMware ESXi host is version 6.5, 6.7 or 7.0 and is affected by multiple vulnerabilities. - A use-after-free error exists in the XHCI USB controller. An unauthenticated, local attacker with local administrative privileges on a virtual machi...

VMware ESXi Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

VMware ESXi is a virtualization software and the software supports windows platform to run. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in VMware ESXi. The vulnerability stems from an issue with how certain system calls are managed. An attacker with privileges only in the VMX process could...

VMware ESXi SLP Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of VMware ESXi. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the processing of SLP messages. The issue results from the lack of validating the...

VMSA-2020-0026 : VMware ESXi, Workstation and Fusion updates address use-after-free and privilege escalation vulnerabilities

a. Use-after-free vulnerability in XHCI USB controller CVE-2020-4004 VMware ESXi contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the XHCI USB controller. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machines VMX proce...

VMware Fixes Critical Flaw in ESXi Hypervisor

VMware has hurried out fixes for a critical flaw in its ESXi hypervisor, a few weeks after it was found during China’s Tianfu Cup hacking competition. The use-after-free vulnerability CVE-2020-4004 has a CVSS score of 9.3 out of 10, making it critical. It exists in the eXtensible Host Controller...

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 thei...

CVE-2020-4004

VMware ESXi 7.0 before ESXi70U1b-17168206, 6.7 before ESXi670-202011101-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-202011301-SG, Workstation 15.x before 15.5.7, Fusion 11.x before 11.5.7 contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the XHCI USB controller. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a...

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 thei...

CVE-2020-4004

VMware ESXi 7.0 before ESXi70U1b-17168206, 6.7 before ESXi670-202011101-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-202011301-SG, Workstation 15.x before 15.5.7, Fusion 11.x before 11.5.7 contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the XHCI USB controller. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a...

Design/Logic Flaw

VMware ESXi 7.0 before ESXi70U1b-17168206, 6.7 before ESXi670-202011101-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-202011301-SG, Workstation 15.x before 15.5.7, Fusion 11.x before 11.5.7 contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the XHCI USB controller. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a...

Privilege escalation

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 thei...

CVE-2020-4004

VMware ESXi 7.0 before ESXi70U1b-17168206, 6.7 before ESXi670-202011101-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-202011301-SG, Workstation 15.x before 15.5.7, Fusion 11.x before 11.5.7 contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the XHCI USB controller. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a...

CVE-2020-4004

CVE-2020-4004 is a use-after-free in the XHCI USB controller affecting VMware ESXi (7.0 before ESXi70U1b-17168206; 6.7 before ESXi670-202011101-SG; 6.5 before ESXi650-202011301-SG), VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.5.7), and VMware Fusion (11.x before 11.5.7). The underlying issue allows a mali...

CVE-2020-4005

CVE-2020-4005 affects VMware ESXi 7.0 (before ESXi70U1b-17168206), 6.7 (before ESXi670-202011101-SG), and 6.5 (before ESXi650-202011301-SG). The issue is a privilege-escalation flaw in how certain system calls are managed, allowing a malicious actor with privileges inside the VMX process to escal...

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 thei...

VMware ESXi 安全漏洞

VMware ESXi is a virtualization software and the software supports windows platform to run. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in VMware ESXi. The vulnerability stems from an issue with how certain system calls are managed. An attacker with privileges only in the VMX process could...

VMware ESXi Resource Management Error Vulnerability

Vmware VMware ESXi is a server virtualization platform from Vmware that can be installed directly on physical servers. A security vulnerability exists in VMware ESXi that stems from the inclusion of a no after-use vulnerability in the XHCI USB controller. A malicious participant with local...