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01 Record

CVE-2020-5795

UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following in TP-Link Archer A7(US)_V5_200721 allows an authenticated admin user, with physical access and network access, to execute arbitrary code after plugging a

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: tenable
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following in TP-Link Archer A7(US)_V5_200721 allows an authenticated admin user, with physical access and network access, to execute arbitrary code after plugging a

03 Exploitation and scoring

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
1.06% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 64.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
6.2 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/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.

04 Metadata

Published
2020-11-06 14:09Z5 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 08:39Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2020-01-06
Assigning CNA
tenable
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
Data version
5.1
Document digest
392aef4414389738e624324a78923ab69bf31ecbc5e887616571116d75a2520e

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
n/aTP-Link Archer A7 v5Firmware Archer A7(US)_V5_200721—

06 References