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Jan 18, 2021 · Information Security

Escaping VMware: The Story Behind a VM Escape Exploit and Anti‑VM Tricks

A vivid narrative follows two hackers who discover they are inside a VMware virtual machine, exploit a CVE‑2017‑4901 backdoor heap overflow to escape, only to realize they have entered another VM, while the article also explains virtualization detection techniques and anti‑VM methods.