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CVE-2021-21974

OpenSLP as used in ESXi (7.0 before ESXi70U1c-17325551, 6.7 before ESXi670-202102401-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-202102101-SG) has a heap-overflo

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
7 proofs of concept on GitHub
  • Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

OpenSLP as used in ESXi (7.0 before ESXi70U1c-17325551, 6.7 before ESXi670-202102401-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-202102101-SG) has a heap-overflow vulnerability. A malicious actor residing within the same network segment as ESXi who has access to port 427 may be able to trigger the heap-overflow issue in OpenSLP service resulting in remote code execution.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated
  4. EPSS reached 10%

    FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Affected versions

  • n/a VMware ESXi

    7.0 before ESXi70U1c-17325551, 6.7 before ESXi670-202102401-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-202102101-SG

  • n/a VMware Cloud Foundation

    Version range not reported

References 10

vmware.com

zerodayinitiative.com

packetstormsecurity.com

GitHub · Aiyakami/CVE-2021-21974

GitHub · CYBERTHREATANALYSIS/ESXi-Ransomware-Scanner-mi

GitHub · Shadow0ps/CVE-2021-21974

GitHub · abirasecurity/CVE-2021-21974_vuln_dectection

GitHub · hateme021202/cve-2021-21974

GitHub · mercylessghost/CVE-2021-21974

GitHub · n2x4/Feb2023-CVE-2021-21974-OSINT