CVE-2020-24718 is a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability affecting bhyve in FreeBSD, OmniOS CE, and OpenIndiana. It allows a root user within a container on an Intel system to gain higher privileges by manipulating VMCS_HOST_RIP due to improper restrictions on VMCS and VMCB operations. The CVSS score of 8.2 indicates a local attack with low complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 11.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.3:p1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.3:p10:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.3:p11:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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