What is CVE-2020-12042?

CVE-2020-12042 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Opto22 Softpac Project, classified under Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-05-14.

How severe is CVE-2020-12042?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Opto22 Softpac Project

CVE-2020-12042

Opto 22 SoftPAC Project Version 9.6 and prior. Paths specified within the zip files used to update the SoftPAC firmware are not sanitized. As a result, an attacker with user privileges can gain arbitrary file write access with system access.

EPSS: 0.005 (40.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Opto22 Softpac_project
N/a Opto 22 Softpac Project — versions SoftPAC Project Version 9.6 and prior

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-347 — Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

References

ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-12042?: CVE-2020-12042 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Opto22 Softpac Project, classified under Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-05-14.
How severe is CVE-2020-12042?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.