What is CVE-2020-16262?

CVE-2020-16262 is a high-severity vulnerability in Winstonprivacy Winston, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-10-28.

How severe is CVE-2020-16262?

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

Privilege escalation in Winstonprivacy Winston

CVE-2020-16262

Winston 1.5.4 devices have a local www-data user that is overly permissioned, resulting in root privilege escalation.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.004 (35.6th 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

Winstonprivacy Winston
Winstonprivacy Winston_firmware — versions 1.5.4
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-16262?: CVE-2020-16262 is a high-severity vulnerability in Winstonprivacy Winston, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-10-28.
How severe is CVE-2020-16262?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.