CVE-2020-12608 describes an insecure file permissions vulnerability in the SolarWinds MSP Patch Management Engine (PME) Cache Service, affecting versions prior to 1.1.15. An attacker can exploit this by modifying the CacheService.xml file to change the SISServerURL parameter, leading to arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this local vulnerability requires user interaction but can result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the CISA KEV catalog, public exploit code exists, and it has a high FAUCET Risk Score of 91/100, indicating significant potential risk despite limited community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.1.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:managed_service_provider_patch_management_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.