TCP Port 427 – svrloc

About TCP Port 427

The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) registers port 427 for svrloc. The IANA description reads: ‘Server Location’. This port appears in 1 IDS rule and does not have notable malware activity indicators in our data.

IDS Rule References

1 IDS / security rule reference TCP port 427. Presence in IDS rules does not mean traffic on this port is malicious. These are patterns security tools monitor.

Rule categories (top 1): attempted-admin (1).

Sample rule descriptions for TCP port 427:

• ET EXPLOIT VMWare ESXi 6.7.0 OpenSLP Remote Code Execution Attempt – Directory Agent Advertisement Heap Overflow (CVE-2021-21974)

Data Sources

This information is compiled from: IANA Service Name and Transport Protocol Port Number Registry and Emerging Threats Open Ruleset (BSD 2-Clause / GPLv2 per SID range).