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CVE-2020-9404

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-9404 describes a critical vulnerability in PACTware versions before 4.1 SP6 and 5.x before 5.0.5.31, where passwords are stored insecurely. This flaw allows an attacker with local access to modify user passwords without prior knowledge of the current credentials. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.1 (High), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to high impact on confidentiality and integrity, though it does not affect availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.0, < 5.0.5.31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pactware:pactware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pactware:pactware:2.4:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pactware:pactware:3.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pactware:pactware:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pactware:pactware:3.6:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
20.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0028 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

pactware.com / fileadmin/user_upload/Cyber-Security-Documents/2020-05-29_published_PWC_CyberSecurityNotifications-CVE-2020-9403-9404__002_.pdf
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