PT-2020-20271 · Sierra Wireless · Aleos

Published 2020-10-06 · Updated 2022-02-09 · CVE-2020-8781

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ALEOS versions 4.11 and later

Description The issue is related to a lack of input sanitization in the UpdateRebootMgr service, allowing an escalation to root from a low-privilege process.

Recommendations For ALEOS versions 4.11 and later, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-8781

Affected Products

Aleos

References · 3

• https://source.sierrawireless.com/resources/security-bulletins/sierra-wireless-technical-bulletin---swi-psa-2020-005 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-8781 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8781 · Security Note