CVE-2020-8948 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Sierra Wireless Windows Mobile Broadband Driver Packages (MBDP) before build 5043 allows an unprivileged user to overwrite arbitrary files in arbitrary folders using hard links. An unprivileged user could leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

Published: 2020-04-15

Score: 7.8 High

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

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sierrawireless:mobile_broadband_driver_package:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00006.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://danishcyberdefence.dk/blog/sierra_wireless
https://source.sierrawireless.com/resources/airlink/software_reference_docs/technical-bulletin/sierra-wireless-technical-bulletin---swi-psa-2020-002-cve-2020-8948/#sthash.ByZB8ifG.dpbs

History

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Subscriptions

Sierrawireless Mobile Broadband Driver Package

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-04-15T15:17:23.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T10:12:11.004Z

Reserved: 2020-02-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-8948

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-04-15T16:15:17.940

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:39:43.367

Link: CVE-2020-8948

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-59

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