CVE-2020-8948

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.
Link Following
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
7.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
mitreCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: Unknown
VendorProductVersion
sierrawirelessmobile_broadband_driver_package
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< 5043
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= Vulnerable software versions
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://danishcyberdefence.dk/blog/sierra_wireless
https://source.sierrawireless.com/resources/airlink/software_reference_docs/technical-bulletin/sierra-wireless-technical-bulletin---swi-psa-2020-002-cve-2020-8948/#sthash.ByZB8ifG.dpbs
https://danishcyberdefence.dk/blog/sierra_wireless
https://source.sierrawireless.com/resources/airlink/software_reference_docs/technical-bulletin/sierra-wireless-technical-bulletin---swi-psa-2020-002-cve-2020-8948/#sthash.ByZB8ifG.dpbs