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)

Published 2021-01-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (24.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 24.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

github.com/nettitude/metasploit-modules (Product, Third Party Advisory)
labs.nettitude.com/blog/cve-2020-14418-madcodehook-library-local-privilege-esca… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

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.