CVE-2020-8831

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

0.65% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 50.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (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:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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

2020-04-22 21:15Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-16 19:00Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-02-10

Assigning CNA

canonical

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.5)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-379Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure PermissionsBase
• CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

4c9e0b4b18e09eec0ecac1602f1d597a56d47dedc55e890f89d0950d6a36e16f

• launchpad.nethttps://launchpad.net/bugs/1862348x_refsource_CONFIRM
• usn.ubuntu.comhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4315-1/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4315-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/4315-2/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU