CVE-2020-8948

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-8948
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-04-15 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-07-21 11:39:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Sierra Wireless Windows Mobile Broadband Driver Packages (MBDP) before build 5043 allows an unprivileged user to overwrite arbitrary files in arbitrary folders using hard links. An unprivileged user could leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sierrawireless Mobile Broadband Driver Package All All All All
Application Sierrawireless Mobile Broadband Driver Package All All All All

References

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Local privilege escalation in Sierra Wireless | Danish Cyber Defence MISC danishcyberdefence.dk Third Party Advisory
404 CONFIRM source.sierrawireless.com Vendor Advisory
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