What is CVE-2020-28044?

CVE-2020-28044 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pax Prolinos, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2020-11-02.

How severe is CVE-2020-28044?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Pax Prolinos

CVE-2020-28044

An attacker with physical access to a PAX Point Of Sale device with ProlinOS through 2.4.161.8859R can boot it in management mode, enable the XCB service, and then list, read, create, and overwrite files with MAINAPP permissions.

EPSS: 0.003 (26.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Pax Prolinos
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-276 — Incorrect Default Permissions

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-28044?: CVE-2020-28044 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pax Prolinos, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2020-11-02.
How severe is CVE-2020-28044?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.