CVE-2020-36975

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• 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

0.17% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 7.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.5 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

NVD analysis status

Deferred. 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

2026-01-27 18:51Z9 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-07-15 01:24Z3 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-01-27

Assigning CNA

VulnCheck

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.5)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-428Unquoted Search Path or ElementBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

18445b3a061b90c4e782cfe5de323a9e09106e69b35d06ea4bf134af7397449e

• www.exploit-db.comExploitDB-49141https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49141exploit
• epson.comOfficial EPSON Corporate Homepagehttps://epson.comproduct
• www.vulncheck.comVulnCheck Advisory: EPSON Status Monitor 3 'EPSON_PM_RPCV4_06' - Unquoted Service Pathhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/epson-status-monitor-epsonpmrpcv-unquoted-service-paththird-party-advisory