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CVE-2020-5797

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-5797 is a UNIX Symbolic Link Following vulnerability affecting TP-Link Archer C9(US)_V1_180125 firmware. An unauthenticated attacker with physical and network access can exploit this by plugging in a crafted USB drive, allowing them to read sensitive files and write to a limited set of files. Rated Medium (CVSS 6.1), the attack requires physical access but has low complexity and high impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
180125CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:archer_c9_firmware:180125:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
0.9
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
47.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0065 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 1,532 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 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-0ba64bcc79c3f8aaMEDIUM

TP-Link Archer Routers USB Symlink Following Vulnerabilities

Nov 5, 2020
esetllm-eset-01274ed94456d517MEDIUM

TP-Link Archer Routers USB Symlink Following Vulnerabilities

Nov 5, 2020
hyperledgerllm-hyperledger-036408db9dfadb6fMEDIUM

TP-Link Archer Routers USB Symlink Following Vulnerabilities

Nov 5, 2020
pnpmllm-pnpm-bb7c5766a3d0df9bMEDIUM

TP-Link Archer Routers USB Symlink Following Vulnerabilities

Nov 5, 2020
omronllm-omron-6dfcb6fb3f4e31b4MEDIUM

TP-Link Archer Routers USB Symlink Following Vulnerabilities

Nov 5, 2020
openrefinellm-openrefine-0596d6c395fbda5eMEDIUM

TP-Link Archer Routers USB Symlink Following Vulnerabilities

Nov 5, 2020
mariadbllm-mariadb-08b9bb4a7281eebfMEDIUM

TP-Link Archer Routers USB Symlink Following Vulnerabilities

Nov 5, 2020

References

tenable.com / security/research/tra-2020-60
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