THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2020-15642
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2020-15642

Qconvergeconsole vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
7.2%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of installations of Marvell QConvergeConsole 5.5.0.64. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be bypassed. The specific flaw exists within the isHPSmartComponent method of the GWTTestServiceImpl class. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-10501.
Affected vendor
Marvell
Affected product
Qconvergeconsole
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2020-08-25

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 7.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2020-15642

  • Confirm whether Marvell Qconvergeconsole is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2020-15642.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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