Is CVE-2020-9488 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-9488 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-9488?

CVE-2020-9488 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.7 (LOW).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-9488?

CVE-2020-9488 has an EPSS score of 8.10% (94th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-9488?

Upgrade apache-log4j2 on debian 11 to 2.13.3-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-9488

LOWEPSS 94th pctl

3.7

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Improper validation of certificate with host mismatch in Apache Log4j SMTP appender. This could allow an SMTPS connection to be intercepted by a man-in-the-middle attack which could leak any log messages sent through that appender. Fixed in Apache Log4j 2.12.3 and 2.13.1

CWE-295Improper Certificate Validation

How to fix

Remediation Available

apache-log4j2Debian

Fixed in:2.13.3-1CVE-2020-9488

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

8.10%probability of exploitation in 30 days

94thpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 94% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-295 (Improper Certificate Validation) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2015-4000	Low	3.7	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-0601	High	8.1	89%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2009-3555	Critical	9.8	87%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-26923	High	8.8	83%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-27823	Critical	9.8	53%	-	-
CVE-2022-42979	High	8.8	24%	-	-

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