CVE-2020-6959 is a critical vulnerability affecting multiple versions of Honeywell MAXPRO VMS and NVR products, stemming from unsafe deserialization of untrusted data. This allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted web request, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it represents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:honeywell:maxpro_nvr_xe_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 5.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:honeywell:maxpro_nvr_se_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 5.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:honeywell:maxpro_nvr_pe_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 5.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:honeywell:mpnvrswxx_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= vms560CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:honeywell:hnmswvms_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.