What is CVE-2020-12878?

CVE-2020-12878 is a high-severity vulnerability in Digi Connectport X2e, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-02-18.

How severe is CVE-2020-12878?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Digi Connectport X2e

CVE-2020-12878

Digi ConnectPort X2e before 3.2.30.6 allows an attacker to escalate privileges from the python user to root via a symlink attack that uses chown, related to /etc/init.d/S50dropbear.sh and the /WEB/python/.ssh directory.

EPSS: 0.005 (40.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-12878?: CVE-2020-12878 is a high-severity vulnerability in Digi Connectport X2e, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-02-18.
How severe is CVE-2020-12878?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.