What is CVE-2020-5674?

CVE-2020-5674 is a high-severity vulnerability in Epson Album Print, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-11-24.

How severe is CVE-2020-5674?

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

Vulnerability in Epson Album Print

CVE-2020-5674

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installers of multiple SEIKO EPSON products allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

Published 2020-11-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (28.1th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 28.1% 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-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

www.epson.jp/support/misc_t/201119_oshirase.htm (Vendor Advisory)
www.epson.jp/support/pdf/fy20-001_softwareList_20201106_b.pdf (Vendor Advisory)
jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN26835001/index.html (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5674?: CVE-2020-5674 is a high-severity vulnerability in Epson Album Print, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-11-24.
How severe is CVE-2020-5674?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.