What is CVE-2020-10290?

CVE-2020-10290 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sintef Urx, classified under CWE-250. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2020-08-21.

How severe is CVE-2020-10290?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Sintef Urx

CVE-2020-10290

Universal Robots controller execute URCaps (zip files containing Java-powered applications) without any permission restrictions and a wide API that presents many primitives that can compromise the overall robot operations as demonstrated in our video. In our PoC we demonstrate how a malicious actor could 'cook' a custom URCap that when deployed by the user (intendedly or unintendedly) compromises the system

EPSS: 0.004 (28.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Sintef Urx
Universal Robots Urx — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

cve@aliasrobotics.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-10290?: CVE-2020-10290 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sintef Urx, classified under CWE-250. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2020-08-21.
How severe is CVE-2020-10290?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.