Is CVE-2020-28169 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-28169 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-28169?

CVE-2020-28169 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.0 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-28169?

CVE-2020-28169 has an EPSS score of 1.17% (64th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-28169?

Upgrade td-agent-builder to 2020-12-18 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-28169

HIGH

7.0

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The td-agent-builder plugin before 2020-12-18 for Fluentd allows attackers to gain privileges because the bin directory is writable by a user account, but a file in bin is executed as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.

CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

How to fix

Remediation Available

td-agent-builderNVD

Affected:< 2020-12-18Fixed in:2020-12-18CVE-2020-28169derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.17%probability of exploitation in 30 days

64thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 64% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Exploit2

Vendor Advisory2

Third-Party Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2011-3923	Critical	9.8	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-15379	Critical	9.8	86%	-	-
CVE-2018-1000207	High	7.2	64%	-	-
CVE-2023-32986	High	8.8	63%	-	-
CVE-2021-44521	Critical	9.1	55%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-13374	Medium	4.3	38%	KEV + Ransom	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.