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CVE-2020-5798

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-5798 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Druva inSync Client installer for macOS versions v6.8.0 and prior. Due to improper integrity checks and directory permissions, a low-privileged user could exploit this flaw to gain root privileges on the affected system. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a significant risk with local attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:druva:insync:6.8.0:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
21.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0029 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 16,974 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, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Vendor Patches (7)

esetvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
hyperledgervendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
mariadbvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
omronvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
openrefinevendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
pnpmvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
twiliovendor investigatingvia llm_extracted

Vendor Advisories (7)

twiliollm-twilio-59925e7607912d24HIGH

Druva inSync Installer Privilege Escalation

Dec 4, 2020
esetllm-eset-7ea5842deb99816cHIGH

Druva inSync Installer Privilege Escalation

Dec 4, 2020
hyperledgerllm-hyperledger-47465f7fbb0646fcHIGH

Druva inSync Installer Privilege Escalation

Dec 4, 2020
pnpmllm-pnpm-b68a50a1a70c7906HIGH

Druva inSync Installer Privilege Escalation

Dec 4, 2020
omronllm-omron-0012add4b6b8eb62HIGH

Druva inSync Installer Privilege Escalation

Dec 4, 2020
openrefinellm-openrefine-2cd3024477ba91b8HIGH

Druva inSync Installer Privilege Escalation

Dec 4, 2020
mariadbllm-mariadb-3e698ff762fcb539HIGH

Druva inSync Installer Privilege Escalation

Dec 4, 2020

References

tenable.com / security/research/tra-2020-67
ExploitThird Party Advisory
tenable.com / security/research/tra-2020-67%2Chttps://docs.druva.com/001_inSync_Cloud/Cloud/010_Release_Details/010_inSync_Cloud_Updates