CVE-2020-8781 (GCVE-0-2020-8781)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-10-06 13:50 – Updated: 2024-08-04 10:12
VLAI
Summary
Lack of input sanitization in UpdateRebootMgr service of ALEOS 4.11 and later allow an escalation to root from a low-privilege process.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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