CVE-2020-28971

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

3.83% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 89.3% 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

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

2020-12-01 15:12Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 16:48Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-11-20

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

7993968826a63651852a0a22dc25a516283b643ca6921628d4067f1af0757c6d

• support.wdc.comhttps://support.wdc.com/downloads.aspx?g=907&lang=en#downloadsx_refsource_MISC
• www.westerndigital.comhttps://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-20009-os5-firmware-5-06-115x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.zerodayinitiative.comhttps://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1447/x_refsource_MISC