Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in PAC Project Basic and PAC Project Professional - CVE-2020-12046
Published: May 15, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU27944
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12046
CWE-ID: CWE-347
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to SoftPAC’s firmware files’ signatures are not verified upon firmware update. A remote authenticated attacker can replace legitimate firmware files with malicious files.
Affected software
PAC Project Basic
PAC Project Professional
PAC Project Professional
How to mitigate CVE-2020-12046
Install updates from vendor's website.
PAC Project Basic - update to 10.3
PAC Project Professional - update to 10.3
PAC Project Professional - update to 10.3