CVE-2020-3992 — VMware ESXi OpenSLP Use-After-Free Vulnerability
CVE-2020-3992: VMware ESXi OpenSLP Use-After-Free Vulnerability
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)
| Vendor / project | VMware |
| Product | ESXi |
| Date added | 2021-11-03 |
| Due date | 2022-05-03 |
| Ransomware campaign use | Known |
Description
VMware ESXi OpenSLP contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows an attacker residing in the management network with access to port 427 to perform remote code execution.
Required action (CISA)
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3992
Weakness behind it
CISA records this vulnerability as an instance of CWE-416. From there the chain continues into CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques, all inside this corpus.
References
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3992
- KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
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