Vulnerability · Published Feb 19, 2021 · Assigned by talos

CVE-2020-13549

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity incorrect default permissions in Sytech. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)8.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 59.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An exploitable local privilege elevation vulnerability exists in the file system permissions of Sytech XL Reporter v14.0.1 install directory. Depending on the vector chosen, an attacker can overwrite service executables and execute arbitrary code with privileges of user set to run the service or replace other files within the installation folder, which would allow for local privilege escalation.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	Sytech	Sytech XL Reporter v14.0.1

Weakness: CWE-276 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1167 x_refsource_MISC