Privilege escalation in Huawei Fusioncompute

CVE-2020-9222

There is a privilege escalation vulnerability in Huawei FusionCompute product. Due to insufficient verification on specific files that need to be deserialized, local attackers can exploit this vulnerability to elevate permissions. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2020-05241) This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-9222.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (1.3th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 1st percentile — 1.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2020-9222: held from 0.001 to 0.001.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-9222?
CVE-2020-9222 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Fusioncompute, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2024-12-27.
How severe is CVE-2020-9222?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-9222 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.