CVE-2020-9290

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• 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

0.85% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 58.0% 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 2026-10-13.

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

2020-03-15 21:52Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-10-13 17:37Z15 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2020-02-19

Assigning CNA

fortinet

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.1)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:F/RL:O/RC:X

Weaknesses

• CWE-426Untrusted Search PathBase
• CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path ElementBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

edc9a733a1f304faf9ca5449582cd1d0cce559aeea82c8c179fe8bc7d739838b

• fortiguard.fortinet.comhttps://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-060
• fortiguard.comhttps://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-060x_refsource_CONFIRM