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CVE-2020-27553

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: November 17, 2020 at 02:23 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:09 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorGe 131 Bt 1837836 FirmwareGe-131 Bt-1837836

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

In BASETech GE-131 BT-1837836 firmware 20180921, the web-server on the system is configured with the option “DocumentRoot /etc“. This allows an attacker with network access to the web-server to download any files from the “/etc” folder without authentication. No path traversal sequences are needed to exploit this vulnerability.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Ge 131 Bt 1837836 Firmware· Basetech
95%
20180921
basetech-ge-131-bt-1837836 (same device)
Ge-131 Bt-1837836· Basetechdevice
80%
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://infosec.rm-it.de/2020/11/04/basetech-ip-camera-analysis/#vulns

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22

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