CVE-2020-14478

Published Feb 24, 2022

Last updated 3 years ago

Overview

Description
A local, authenticated attacker could use an XML External Entity (XXE) attack to exploit weakly configured XML files to access local or remote content. A successful exploit could potentially cause a denial-of-service condition and allow the attacker to arbitrarily read any local file via system-level services.
Source
ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov
NVD status
Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
7.1
Impact score
5.2
Exploitability score
1.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Severity
HIGH

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
5.6
Impact score
7.8
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-611
ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov
CWE-611

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations