What is CVE-2020-26941?

CVE-2020-26941 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Eset Endpoint_antivirus, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-01-26.

How severe is CVE-2020-26941?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Eset Endpoint_antivirus

CVE-2020-26941

A local (authenticated) low-privileged user can exploit a behavior in an ESET installer to achieve arbitrary file overwrite (deletion) of any file via a symlink, due to insecure permissions. The possibility of exploiting this vulnerability…

EPSS: 0.003 (25.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Eset Endpoint_antivirus
Eset Endpoint_security
Eset File_security
Eset Internet_security — versions 1294
Eset Mail_security
Eset Nod32_antivirus
Eset Security
Eset Smart_security
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-276 — Incorrect Default Permissions

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-26941?: CVE-2020-26941 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Eset Endpoint_antivirus, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-01-26.
How severe is CVE-2020-26941?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.