DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27777

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2020-27777
Downstream
DLA-2483-1
Published: 15 Dec 2020, 17:15
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:19

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
27/100
CVSS Score
6.7 MEDIUM
3.1 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

15 Dec 2020, 17:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:19
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • debian•linux

    < 5.9.6-1 | < 5.9.6-1 | < 5.9.6-1 | < 5.9.6-1

References (1)