CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-8948

7.8 HIGH Published 2020-04-15 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-04-15
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-59

Description

The Sierra Wireless Windows Mobile Broadband Driver Packages (MBDP) before build 5043 allows an unprivileged user to overwrite arbitrary files in arbitrary folders using hard links. An unprivileged user could leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

Affected configurations

• sierrawireless mobile broadband driver package (< 5043)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References