OS Command Injection in Vantage Velocity - CVE-2020-9020
Published: February 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU25402
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-9020
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the "cgi-bin/timeconfig.py". A remote unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters in the NTP Server field on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
Vantage Velocity
How to mitigate CVE-2020-9020
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.