CVE-2020-3992

CVE Published 2020-10-20
Related CWE(s) CWE-416: Use After Free
Related Vendor(s) vmware
Related Product(s) esxi, cloud_foundation
Exploitation Reported (CISA KEV) 2021-11-03
CVSS 3 Base Score 9.8 (CRITICAL)
CVSS 3 Attack Complexity LOW
CVSS 3 Attack Vector NETWORK

OpenSLP as used in VMware ESXi (7.0 before ESXi_7.0.1-0.0.16850804, 6.7 before ESXi670-202010401-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-202010401-SG) has a use-after-free issue. A malicious actor residing in the management network who has access to port 427 on an ESXi machine may be able to trigger a use-after-free in the OpenSLP service resulting in remote code execution.

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