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CVE-2020-15541

SolarWinds Serv-U FTP server before 15.2.1 allows remote command execution.

9.8 Critical

SolarWinds Serv-U FTP server before 15.2.1 allows remote command execution.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

6.97%Up 6.1 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

SolarWinds Serv-U FTP server before 15.2.1 allows remote command execution.

Record
CVE-2020-15541
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

SolarWinds Serv-U FTP server before 15.2.1 allows remote command execution.

Record
CVE-2020-15541
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-7528 No score

SolarWinds Serv-U FTP server before 15.2.1 allows remote command execution.

Record
EUVD-2020-7528
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xqcr-vmvx-c673 No score

SolarWinds Serv-U FTP server before 15.2.1 allows remote command execution.

SolarWinds Serv-U FTP server before 15.2.1 allows remote command execution.

Record
GHSA-xqcr-vmvx-c673
Weakness
CWE-94
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2020-15541 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Solarwinds Serv-u Ftp Server, published July 5, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 6.97%, the 94th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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