Vulnerability · Published Jan 6, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-8884
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 4.3% (higher than 91% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)4.3%top 8.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
rcdsvc in the Proofpoint Insider Threat Management Windows Agent (formerly ObserveIT Windows Agent) before 7.9 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code as SYSTEM because of improper deserialization over named pipes.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.proofpoint.com/us/security/security-advisories/pfpt-sa-2020-0002 x_refsource_CONFIRM