CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-24718

8.2 HIGH Published 2020-09-25 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-09-25
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-862

Description

bhyve, as used in FreeBSD through 12.1 and illumos (e.g., OmniOS CE through r151034 and OpenIndiana through Hipster 2020.04), does not properly restrict VMCS and VMCB read/write operations, as demonstrated by a root user in a container on an Intel system, who can gain privileges by modifying VMCS_HOST_RIP.

Affected configurations

• freebsd freebsd (<= 11.2) • freebsd freebsd 11.3 • freebsd freebsd 11.4 • freebsd freebsd 12.0 • freebsd freebsd 12.1 • omniosce omnios (<= r151034) • openindiana openindiana (<= hipster 2020.04) • netapp clustered data ontap

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-862 Missing Authorization weakness

References