CVE-2020-10936

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.50% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 40.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2020-05-27 17:38Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 11:21Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-03-24

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-269Improper Privilege ManagementClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

90dfb78f620b1d284f81abad6687e83c8a0714c245d759e6cee6038068d928e9

• sysdream.comhttps://sysdream.com/news/lab/x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/releasesx_refsource_MISC
• sysdream.comhttps://sysdream.com/news/lab/2020-05-25-cve-2020-10936-sympa-privileges-escalation-to-root/x_refsource_MISC
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-9b6c969aachttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3J4NZLGAF4ZYK52XEBQDTBNHLGBEPXXN/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-d767d9077bhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P3TMQ3CORUOWARALACCBG2SBTIGZ5GY5/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4442-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4442-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20201007 [SECURITY] [DLA 2401-1] sympa security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00012.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.debian.orgDSA-4818https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4818vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN