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CVE-2020-12493

Status: ModifiedCritical (10)—

An open port used for debugging in SWARCOs CPU LS4000 Series with versions starting with G4... grants root access to the device without access control via network. A malicious user could use this vulnerability to get access to the device and disturb operations with connected devices.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Swarco — CPU Ls4000 Firmware

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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