CVE-2020-29481

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

0.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 27.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (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:C/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

2020-12-15 17:51Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 16:55Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-12-03

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

621e73fe0c7c7480c984fa9f17dfb66b7d0acb0c73a159a9cae492ba6f91f997

• xenbits.xenproject.orghttps://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-322.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.debian.orgDSA-4812https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4812vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20201216 Xen Security Advisory 322 v5 (CVE-2020-29481) - Xenstore: new domains inheriting existing node permissionshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/16/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-64859a826bhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OBLV6L6Q24PPQ2CRFXDX4Q76KU776GKI/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-df772b417bhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2C6M6S3CIMEBACH6O7V4H2VDANMO6TVA/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA