CVE-2020-1720
Estado: ModificadaMedia (6.5)—
A flaw was found in PostgreSQL's "ALTER ... DEPENDS ON EXTENSION", where sub-commands did not perform authorization checks. An authenticated attacker could use this flaw in certain configurations to perform drop objects such as function, triggers, et al., leading to database corruption. This issue affects PostgreSQL versions before 12.2, before 11.7, before 10.12 and before 9.6.17.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Puntuación base: 6.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 1.18%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 67
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (4)
CWE
- CWE-285
- CWE-862
Referencias
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00043.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1720
- https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/2011/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00043.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1720
- https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/2011/
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