CVE-2020-16262
Winston 1.5.4 devices have a local www-data user that is overly permissioned, resulting in root...
Winston 1.5.4 devices have a local www-data user that is overly permissioned, resulting in root privilege escalation.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Winston 1.5.4 devices have a local www-data user that is overly permissioned, resulting in root privilege escalation.
- Record
CVE-2020-16262- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Winston 1.5.4 devices have a local www-data user that is overly permissioned, resulting in root privilege escalation.
- Record
CVE-2020-16262- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-8223 No score
Winston 1.5.4 devices have a local www-data user that is overly permissioned, resulting in root privilege escalation.
- Record
EUVD-2020-8223- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v3mr-gg23-hh87 No score
Winston 1.5.4 devices have a local www-data user that is overly permissioned, resulting in root...
Winston 1.5.4 devices have a local www-data user that is overly permissioned, resulting in root privilege escalation.
- Record
GHSA-v3mr-gg23-hh87- Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-16262 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Winstonprivacy Winston Firmware, published October 28, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.43%, the 37th percentile. No source names a fixed version.