CVE-2020-12878 (GCVE-0-2020-12878)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-02-17 23:07 – Updated: 2024-08-04 12:11
VLAI
Summary
Digi ConnectPort X2e before 3.2.30.6 allows an attacker to escalate privileges from the python user to root via a symlink attack that uses chown, related to /etc/init.d/S50dropbear.sh and the /WEB/python/.ssh directory.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
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