Is CVE-2020-9479 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-9479 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-9479?

CVE-2020-9479 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-9479?

CVE-2020-9479 has an EPSS score of 1.98% (78th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-9479?

Upgrade asterixdb to 0.9.5 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-9479

MEDIUMEPSS 78th pctl

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

When loading a UDF, a specially crafted zip file could allow files to be placed outside of the UDF deployment directory. This issue affected Apache AsterixDB unreleased builds between commits 580b81aa5e8888b8e1b0620521a1c9680e54df73 and 28c0ee84f1387ab5d0659e9e822f4e3923ddc22d. Note: this CVE may be REJECTed as the issue did not affect any released versions of Apache AsterixDB

CWE-22Path Traversal

How to fix

Remediation Available

asterixdbNVD

Affected:< 0.9.5Fixed in:0.9.5CVE-2020-9479derived 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 ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.98%probability of exploitation in 30 days

78thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 78% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

openwall.com

Other references1

lists.apache.org

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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.