CVE-2020-16983
Azure Sphere Tampering Vulnerability
5.7 Medium
Azure Sphere Tampering Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
0.67%Down 3.9 points since Apr 14, 2021
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Azure Sphere Tampering Vulnerability
Azure Sphere Tampering Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2020-16983- CVSS 3.1
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-8940
Azure Sphere Tampering Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2020-8940- CVSS 3.1
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6rrx-7rpr-28q2
Azure Sphere Tampering Vulnerability
Azure Sphere Tampering Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-6rrx-7rpr-28q2- CVSS 3.1
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Azure Sphere Tampering Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2020-16983- CVSS 3.1
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/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 - 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-2020-16983 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.7) in Microsoft Azure Sphere, published November 11, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.67%, the 52nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.