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High severity · published Feb 12, 2021
CVE-2020-27869
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor 2020 HF1, NPM: 2020.2
8.8
CVSS
5.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor 2020 HF1, NPM: 2020.2. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the WriteToFile method. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to construct SQL queries. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and reset the password for the Admin user. Was ZDI-CAN-11804.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.3% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NP
Network Performance Monitor · Solarwinds
2020; 2020.2 · source: NVD
Affected product
NP
Network Performance Monitor
Solarwinds
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27869
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-27869
Third Party Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-064/
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