CVE-2020-3992 - VMware ESXi
AI Vulnerability ContextOpenSLP 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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CISA KEVCRITICAL
- CVE ID
- CVE-2020-3992
- Vendor/project
- VMware
- Product
- ESXi
- Vulnerability name
- VMware ESXi OpenSLP Use-After-Free Vulnerability
- Date added
- 2021-11-03
- Due date
- 2022-05-03
- Known ransomware campaign use
- Known
- CVSS v3
- 9.8
CWE-416
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NVD CVE pagehttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3992CVE API docshttps://nvd.nist.gov/developers/vulnerabilitiesData feedshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/data-feedsCataloghttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalogData repositoryhttps://github.com/cisagov/kev-dataaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0023.htmlaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1377/af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1385/134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-3992