CVE-2020-15939
An improper access control vulnerability (CWE-284) in FortiSandbox versions 3.2.1 and below and 3...
An improper access control vulnerability (CWE-284) in FortiSandbox versions 3.2.1 and below and 3.1.4 and below may allow an authenticated, unprivileged attacker to download the device configuration file via the recovery URL.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
An improper access control vulnerability (CWE-284) in FortiSandbox versions 3.2.1 and below and 3.1.4 and below may allow an authenticated, unprivileged attacker to download the device configuration file via the recovery URL.
- Record
CVE-2020-15939- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:F/RL:X/RC:X - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-7910
An improper access control vulnerability (CWE-284) in FortiSandbox versions 3.2.1 and below and 3.1.4 and below may allow an authenticated, unprivileged attacker to download the device configuration file via the recovery URL.
- Record
EUVD-2020-7910- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:F/RL:X/RC:X - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v8wg-346x-j7mw
An improper access control vulnerability (CWE-284) in FortiSandbox versions 3.2.1 and below and 3...
An improper access control vulnerability (CWE-284) in FortiSandbox versions 3.2.1 and below and 3.1.4 and below may allow an authenticated, unprivileged attacker to download the device configuration file via the recovery URL.
- Record
GHSA-v8wg-346x-j7mw- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An improper access control vulnerability (CWE-284) in FortiSandbox versions 3.2.1 and below and 3.1.4 and below may allow an authenticated, unprivileged attacker to download the device configuration file via the recovery URL.
- Record
CVE-2020-15939- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-15939 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Fortinet Fortisandbox, published September 6, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.65%, the 51st percentile. No source names a fixed version.