CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-27172

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2020-12-28 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-12-28
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-59

Description

An issue was discovered in G-Data before 25.5.9.25 using Symbolic links, it is possible to abuse the infected-file restore mechanism to achieve arbitrary write that leads to elevation of privileges.

Affected configurations

• gdatasoftware g data (< 25.5.9.25)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References