CVE-2020-16262
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 28, 2020 at 05:12 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:57 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorWinston FirmwareWinston
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
Winston 1.5.4 devices have a local www-data user that is overly permissioned, resulting in root privilege escalation.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Winston· Winstonprivacydevice
80%All versions
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://labs.bishopfox.com/advisories/winston-privacy-version-1.5.4CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- 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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