VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-12878

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.52%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-02-18
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-59

Primary references