PoC Index

CVE-2020-3992

KEV RANSOMWAREHIGH 10.0EPSS 83.0%

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.

CVSS v3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
83.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile
CISA KEV
added 2021-11-03, used in ransomware campaigns
Published
2020-10-20
Updated
2026-08-12

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

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