Is CVE-2020-29050 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-29050 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-29050?

CVE-2020-29050 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-29050?

CVE-2020-29050 has an EPSS score of 2.17% (80th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-29050?

Upgrade sphinxsearch on debian 12 to 2.2.11-3 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-29050

HIGHEPSS 80th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

SphinxSearch in Sphinx Technologies Sphinx through 3.1.1 allows directory traversal (in conjunction with CVE-2019-14511) because the mysql client can be used for CALL SNIPPETS and load_file operations on a full pathname (e.g., a file in the /etc directory). NOTE: this is unrelated to CMUSphinx.

CWE-22Path Traversal

How to fix

Remediation Available

sphinxsearchDebian

Fixed in:2.2.11-3CVE-2020-29050

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 VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.17%probability of exploitation in 30 days

80thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 80% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

blog.wirhabenstil.de

Third-Party Advisory2

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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.