THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2020-29659
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2020-29659

Dupscout vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
5.1%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
A buffer overflow in the web server of Flexense DupScout Enterprise 10.0.18 allows a remote anonymous attacker to execute code as SYSTEM by overflowing the sid parameter via a GET /settings&sid= attack.
Affected vendor
Flexense
Affected product
Dupscout
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-120 — Classic Buffer Overflow
Published
2020-12-09

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 5.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2020-29659

  • Confirm whether Flexense Dupscout is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2020-29659.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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