CVE-2020-3153

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-10-24. Federal remediation due 2022-11-14. Known ransomware campaign use: reported by CISA.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited 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

28.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 97.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (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:N/I:H/A:N

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-12.

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

2020-02-19 19:15Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-12 03:55Z2 MO AGO

Reserved

2019-12-12

Assigning CNA

cisco

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.5)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path ElementBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

64bc2d87cd3958a53c5d20f829bb5bef633b21cd15c6e9b34ff0e60d2d5c70f6

• tools.cisco.com20200219 Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows Uncontrolled Search Path Vulnerabilityhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ac-win-path-traverse-qO4HWBsjvendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
• seclists.org20200421 Cisco AnyConnect elevation of privileges due to insecure handling of path nameshttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Apr/43mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157340/Cisco-AnyConnect-Secure-Mobility-Client-4.8.01090-Privilege-Escalation.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158219/Cisco-AnyConnect-Path-Traversal-Privilege-Escalation.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159420/Cisco-AnyConnect-Privilege-Escalation.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-3153government-resource