High severity · published Oct 6, 2020
CVE-2020-8781
Lack of input sanitization in UpdateRebootMgr service of ALEOS 4.11 and later allow an escalation to root from a low-privilege process
7.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Lack of input sanitization in UpdateRebootMgr service of ALEOS 4.11 and later allow an escalation to root from a low-privilege process.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AL
Aleos · Sierrawireless
4.11.0 before 4.14.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8781
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8781
Vendor Advisory
https://source.sierrawireless.com/resources/security-bulletins/sierra-wireless-technical-bulletin---swi-psa-2020-005/
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