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CVE-2021-219748.8HighCWE-787

CVE-2021-21974: VMware ESXi vulnerability

Vmware · VMware ESXi

Affected: VMware ESXi · Exploitation: likely to be exploited (10% or more)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

45.1%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
98th percentile
050100

Higher than 98% of scored CVEs

8.8HighCVSS 3.1
LowHigh

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

Affected products2

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

  • VMware ESXi7.0 before ESXi70U1c-17325551; 6.7 before ESXi670-202102401-SG; 6.5 before ESXi650-202102101-SG
  • VMware Cloud Foundation4.x before 4.2 and 3.x

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Exploitation
Likely to be exploited (10% or more). EPSS gives it a 10% or higher chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public check
No public nuclei template
Vendor
Vmware
Published
February 2021

CoverageNo articles yet

No CyberSIXT article names CVE-2021-21974 yet, so there is no coverage timeline, action brief or change log for it. Everything on this page comes from the public CVE record, CISA KEV, EPSS and the nuclei template index. Search the archive or see the CVEs in the news.

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