CVE-2020-15824
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 8, 2020 at 08:21 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:57 AM UTC
3 products affected across 2 vendorsCommunications Cloud Native Core PolicyBanking Extensibility WorkbenchKotlin
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
In JetBrains Kotlin from 1.4-M1 to 1.4-RC (as Kotlin 1.3.7x is not affected by the issue. Fixed version is 1.4.0) there is a script-cache privilege escalation vulnerability due to kotlin-main-kts cached scripts in the system temp directory, which is shared by all users by default.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/06/1x_refsource_MISCx_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2020/08/06/jetbrains-security-bulletin-q2-2020/Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra12c3e23b021f259a201648005b9946acd7f618a6f32301c97047967%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3EMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra12c3e23b021f259a201648005b9946acd7f618a6f32301c97047967%40%3Cdev.groovy.apache.org%3EMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra12c3e23b021f259a201648005b9946acd7f618a6f32301c97047967%40%3Cusers.groovy.apache.org%3Ex_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.htmlx_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269
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