What is CVE-2020-14418?

CVE-2020-14418 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Advanced Malware Protection, classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2021-01-30.

How severe is CVE-2020-14418?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cisco Advanced Malware Protection

CVE-2020-14418

A TOCTOU vulnerability exists in madCodeHook before 2020-07-16 that allows local attackers to elevate their privileges to SYSTEM. This occurs because path redirection can occur via vectors involving directory junctions.

Vulnerability class: TOCTOU (Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use)

EPSS: 0.003 (26.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Cisco Advanced_malware_protection
Madshi Madcodehook
Morphisec Unified_threat_prevention_platform
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-367 — Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

References

cve@mitre.org (Product, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-14418?: CVE-2020-14418 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Advanced Malware Protection, classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2021-01-30.
How severe is CVE-2020-14418?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.