CVE-2020-16262 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Winston 1.5.4 devices, affecting Winston privacy and firmware products. The vulnerability stems from an overly permissive 'www-data' user, allowing an attacker with local access to gain root privileges. Rated 7.8 HIGH on CVSS, this flaw has a low attack complexity and no user interaction required, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:winstonprivacy:winston_firmware:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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.