CVE-2020-8948 is a critical vulnerability affecting Sierra Wireless Windows Mobile Broadband Driver Packages prior to build 5043. It allows an unprivileged user to overwrite arbitrary files using hard links, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution with system privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this local vulnerability is easily exploitable with low attack complexity and no user interaction required, resulting in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5043CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sierrawireless:mobile_broadband_driver_package:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.