CVE-2020-8948

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

0.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 38.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (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: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.

Published

2020-04-15 15:17Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 10:12Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-02-12

Assigning CNA

mitre

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

f856f8744eebf7498bb6303780eead3593e79798b909f046f01b194995f8c7a5

• danishcyberdefence.dkhttps://danishcyberdefence.dk/blog/sierra_wirelessx_refsource_MISC
• source.sierrawireless.comhttps://source.sierrawireless.com/resources/airlink/software_reference_docs/technical-bulletin/sierra-wireless-technical-bulletin---swi-psa-2020-002-cve-2020-8948/#sthash.ByZB8ifG.dpbsx_refsource_CONFIRM