CVE-2020-15505

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2021-11-03. Federal remediation due 2022-05-03.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

99.74% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 100.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. 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

2020-07-07 01:43Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:35Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2020-07-02

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-706Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or ReferenceClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

1f57bfda17083273cac406f77d432e2983fa155d31489760b86810404e2876ee

• www.mobileiron.comhttps://www.mobileiron.com/en/blog/mobileiron-security-updates-availablex_refsource_MISC
• perchsecurity.comhttps://perchsecurity.com/perch-news/cve-spotlight-mobileiron-rce-cve-2020-15505/x_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161097/MobileIron-MDM-Hessian-Based-Java-Deserialization-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• cwe.mitre.orghttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/41.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-15505government-resource