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zdiLucas Leong (@_wmliang_) of Trend Micro's Zero Day InitiativeZDI-20-1269
HistoryOct 20, 2020 - 12:00 a.m.

VMware ESXi SLP Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

2020-10-2000:00:00
Lucas Leong (@_wmliang_) of Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
www.zerodayinitiative.com
85

0.356 Low

EPSS

Percentile

97.2%

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of VMware ESXi. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the processing of SLP messages. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the SLP daemon.