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CVE-2020-4089

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-4089 describes an information leakage vulnerability in HCL Notes versions 9, 10, and 11, stemming from its handling of the 'mailto' protocol. This flaw allows for the potential exfiltration of files from a user's local or connected network filesystems to a third party. Rated 6.5 Medium on CVSS, the vulnerability is network-exploitable with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction to achieve high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are public exploit codes like Metasploit or Nuclei modules available, though it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:notes:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:notes:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:notes:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0116 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 26,234 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

support.hcltechsw.com / csm
Vendor Advisory