CVE-2020-8959

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

0.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 38.3% 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:N/UI:R/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

2020-02-19 16:12Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 10:19Z2 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-427Uncontrolled Search Path ElementBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

88d69931aec6bd9858c60c51249d591a96961de3175e30408a6b0c2b52e551d5

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• www.westerndigital.comhttps://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-20001-ssd-dashboard-setup-privilege-escalationx_refsource_MISC