High severity · published Dec 3, 2020
CVE-2020-13542
A local privilege elevation vulnerability exists in the file system permissions of LogicalDoc 8.5.1 installation
7.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A local privilege elevation vulnerability exists in the file system permissions of LogicalDoc 8.5.1 installation. Depending on the vector chosen, an attacker can either replace the service binary or replace DLL files loaded by the service, both which get executed by a service thus executing arbitrary commands with System privileges.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 49% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LO
Logicaldoc · Logicaldoc
8.5.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13542
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-13542
Exploit
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1154
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