Description
VMware ESXi (7.0 before ESXi_7.0.1-0.0.16850804, 6.7 before ESXi670-202008101-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-202007101-SG), Workstation (15.x), Fusion (11.x before 11.5.6) contain an out-of-bounds write vulnerability due to a time-of-check time-of-use issue in ACPI device. A malicious actor with administrative access to a virtual machine may be able to exploit this vulnerability to crash the virtual machine's vmx process or corrupt hypervisor's memory heap.
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:NAttack VectorNetwork
AC:HAttack ComplexityHigh
PR:HPrivileges RequiredHigh
UI:NUser InteractionNone
Scope
S:CScopeChanged
Impact
C:NConfidentialityNone
I:HIntegrityHigh
A:HAvailabilityHigh
Weaknesses
Affected Products
vmware
commercial·USaka vmware inc
Broadcom Inc.
commercial·USaka vmware by broadcom
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Exploitability
Official Patch Available
Attack Graph
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MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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