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VulnerabilityCVE-2020-8949Published 2020-02-12

CVE-2020-8949

Public exploit1 PoC repo

As of 2024-08-04, CVE-2020-8949 is a vulnerability, EPSS 2.8% (86.3th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2020-8949, most recently “Botnet Scanning Internet-Exposed Router Diagnostic Tools Exploiting OS Command Injection (CVE-2024-12856, CVE-2013-7179, CVE-2020-8949, CVE-2024-48419)”.

CVSS
—Not yet scored
EPSS
2.8%Higher than 86.3% of scored CVEs
CISA KEV
NoNot in the KEV catalog
Tracked threats
1Campaigns referencing it
Priority
5.5/10Threadlinqs triage score
Published
Updated 2024-08-04
EPSS 2.8% (higher than 86.3% of all scored CVEs) · Priority 5.5/10 · Published 2020-02-12

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What is CVE-2020-8949?

Gocloud S2A_WL 4.2.7.16471, S2A 4.2.7.17278, S2A 4.3.0.15815, S2A 4.3.0.17193, S3A K2P MTK 4.2.7.16528, S3A 4.3.0.16572, and ISP3000 4.3.0.17190 devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters in a ping operation, as demonstrated by the cgi-bin/webui/admin/tools/app_ping/diag_ping/; substring.

The identifier was first published 2432 days ago.

Severity and exploitation probability

EPSS (FIRST)
2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.3% of all scored CVEs
CISA KEV
Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Threadlinqs priority
5.5/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
Published
2020-02-12, last modified 2024-08-04

Is CVE-2020-8949 being exploited?

Weaponised exploit code for CVE-2020-8949 is publicly available. 1 public proof-of-concept repository is tracked for this identifier. It currently carries a trending score of 35 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

Affected products and versions

No affected-product or package list has been recorded for CVE-2020-8949 in the tracked sources. The vendor advisory and the references below are the authoritative statement of what is affected.

How to fix CVE-2020-8949

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2020-8949 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat any affected deployment as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

Threat activity tracking CVE-2020-8949

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2020-8949, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS, public proof-of-concept repositories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on .

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