CVE-2020-3992
Use After Free — is CVE-2020-3992real, exploitable, or a false positive? Here's the community ground truth.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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Confirmed exploited in the wild — listed in the CISA KEV catalog (added 2021-11-03). Linked to known ransomware campaigns. Treat as real and prioritize patching over triage.
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