What is CVE-2020-29494?

CVE-2020-29494 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell Avamar, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.7/10. Published 2021-01-14.

How severe is CVE-2020-29494?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.7 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Dell Avamar

CVE-2020-29494

Dell EMC Avamar Server, versions 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, contain a Path Traversal Vulnerability in PDM. A remote user could potentially exploit this vulnerability, to gain unauthorized write access to the arbitrary files stored on the server fil…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.009 (76.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Dell Avamar — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000181806/dsa-2020-272-dell-emc-avamar-server-… (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-29494?: CVE-2020-29494 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell Avamar, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.7/10. Published 2021-01-14.
How severe is CVE-2020-29494?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.7 out of 10.