CVE-2020-8948
Sierra Wireless Windows Mobile Broadband Driver Packages Hard Link Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
The Sierra Wireless Windows Mobile Broadband Driver Packages (MBDP) before build 5043 allows an unprivileged user to overwrite arbitrary files in arbitrary folders using hard links. An unprivileged user could leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.
INFO
Published Date :
April 15, 2020, 4:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
July 21, 2021, 11:39 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Jul. 21, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-269 CWE-59 -
Reanalysis by [email protected]
Apr. 20, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:sierrawireless:mobile_broadband_driver_package:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* versions up to (excluding) 5043 OR *cpe:2.3:a:sierrawireless:mobile_broadband_driver_package:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 5043 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 20, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://danishcyberdefence.dk/blog/sierra_wireless No Types Assigned https://danishcyberdefence.dk/blog/sierra_wireless Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://source.sierrawireless.com/resources/airlink/software_reference_docs/technical-bulletin/sierra-wireless-technical-bulletin---swi-psa-2020-002-cve-2020-8948/#sthash.ByZB8ifG.dpbs No Types Assigned https://source.sierrawireless.com/resources/airlink/software_reference_docs/technical-bulletin/sierra-wireless-technical-bulletin---swi-psa-2020-002-cve-2020-8948/#sthash.ByZB8ifG.dpbs Vendor Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-269 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:sierrawireless:mobile_broadband_driver_package:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* versions up to (excluding) 5043
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Exploit Prediction
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0.05 }} 0.00%
score
0.14101
percentile