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CVE-2020-10180

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-10180 describes a critical vulnerability in the ESET AV parsing engine, allowing attackers to bypass virus detection through a specially crafted BZ2 Checksum field within an archive. This impacts various ESET products, including Smart Security Premium, Internet Security, NOD32 Antivirus, Cyber Security Pro (macOS), Cyber Security (macOS), Mobile Security for Android, Smart TV Security, and NOD32 Antivirus 4 for Linux Desktop, in versions prior to 1294. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The FAUCET Risk Score of 79/100 further emphasizes its high severity. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) or KEV catalog entry exists. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, which is typical for a large percentage of reported vulnerabilities.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1294CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:eset:cyber_security:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
< 1294CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:eset:cyber_security:*:*:*:*:pro:macos:*:*
< 1294CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:eset:mobile_security:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:*
< 1294CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:eset:nod32_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:eset:nod32_antivirus:4:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0169 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

blog.zoller.lu / p/tzo-11-2020-eset-generic-malformed.html
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