CVE-2020-5797 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following in TP-Link Archer C9(US)_V1_180125 firmware allows an unauthenticated actor, with physical access and network access, to read sensitive files and write to a limited set of files after plugging a crafted USB drive into the router.

Published: 2020-11-21

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

TP-Link Archer C9 A1

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Archer C9(US)_V1_180125 firmware`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:archer_c9_firmware:180125:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:archer_c9:v1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-26954	UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following in TP-Link Archer C9(US)_V1_180125 firmware allows an unauthenticated actor, with physical access and network access, to read sensitive files and write to a limited set of files after plugging a crafted USB drive into the router.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Physical

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00199.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-60

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Tp-link Archer C9 Archer C9 Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: tenable

Published: 2020-11-21T05:32:37.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T08:39:25.752Z

Reserved: 2020-01-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-5797

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-11-21T06:15:12.537

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:34:36.923

Link: CVE-2020-5797

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-59

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