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CVE-2020-29017

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-29017 is an OS command injection vulnerability affecting FortiDeceptor versions 3.1.0, 3.0.1, and 3.0.0. A remote authenticated attacker can exploit this flaw on the Customization page to execute arbitrary commands on the system. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe risk with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring only low privileges and no user interaction. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (not in KEV or Hot List), and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortideceptor:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortideceptor:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortideceptor:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0364 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 17,844 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

fortinetvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

fortiguard.com / psirt/FG-IR-20-177
Vendor Advisory