FKIE_CVE-2020-27172

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-12-28 21:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:08
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
An issue was discovered in G-Data before 25.5.9.25 using Symbolic links, it is possible to abuse the infected-file restore mechanism to achieve arbitrary write that leads to elevation of privileges.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-20-120Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-20-120Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gdatasoftware g_data *
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  "id": "CVE-2020-27172",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:08:53.917",
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