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CVE-2020-27777
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Date: December 15, 2020
A flaw was found in the way RTAS handled memory accesses in userspace to kernel communication. On a locked down (usually due to Secure Boot) guest system running on top of PowerVM or KVM hypervisors (pseries platform) a root like local user could use this flaw to further increase their privileges to that of a running kernel.
Language: C
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Severity Score
Weakness Type (CWE)
Missing Authorization
CWE-862Top Fix
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CVSS v3.1
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Attack Vector (AV): | LOCAL |
Attack Complexity (AC): | LOW |
Privileges Required (PR): | HIGH |
User Interaction (UI): | NONE |
Scope (S): | UNCHANGED |
Confidentiality (C): | HIGH |
Integrity (I): | HIGH |
Availability (A): | HIGH |
CVSS v2
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Access Vector (AV): | LOCAL |
Access Complexity (AC): | LOW |
Authentication (AU): | NONE |
Confidentiality (C): | COMPLETE |
Integrity (I): | COMPLETE |
Availability (A): | COMPLETE |
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