CVE-2020-5797

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Description

UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following in TP-Link Archer C9(US)_V1_180125 firmware allows an unauthenticated actor, with physical access and network access, to read sensitive files and write to a limited set of files after plugging a crafted USB drive into the router.

References

https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-60

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2020-11-21

Updated: 2020-12-03

Type: CWE-59

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.6

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Impact Score: 4.9

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: LOW

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Impact Score: 5.2

Exploitability Score: 0.9

Severity: MEDIUM

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

AND

OR

cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:archer_c9_firmware:180125:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR

cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:archer_c9:v1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*