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CVE-2020-8012

86
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-8012 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting the robot (controller) component of CA Unified Infrastructure Management (Nimsoft/UIM) versions 20.1, 20.3.x, and 9.20 and below. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with low attack complexity. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists, including a Metasploit module and an ExploitDB entry, and it has garnered significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 9.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:unified_infrastructure_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 20.3.0, <= 20.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:unified_infrastructure_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
20.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:unified_infrastructure_management:20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
77.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: CA Unified Infrastructure Management Nimsoft 7.80 - Remote Buffer Overflow · Feb 5, 2020
ExploitDB: EDB-48156 · Mar 2, 2020
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7757 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

packetstormsecurity.com / files/156577/Nimsoft-nimcontroller-7.80-Remote-Code-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/158693/CA-Unified-Infrastructure-Management-Nimsoft-7.80-Buffer-Overflow.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
support.broadcom.com / external/content/security-advisories/CA20200205-01-Security-Notice-for-CA-Unified-Infrastructure-Management/7832
Vendor Advisory
techdocs.broadcom.com / us/product-content/status/announcement-documents/2019/ca20200205-01-security-notice-for-ca-unified-infrastructure-management.html
Vendor Advisory