CVE-2020-26133
An issue was discovered in Dual DHCP DNS Server 7.40. Due to insufficient access restrictions in...
An issue was discovered in Dual DHCP DNS Server 7.40. Due to insufficient access restrictions in the default installation directory, an attacker can elevate privileges by replacing the DualServer.exe binary.
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
7.8
An issue was discovered in Dual DHCP DNS Server 7.40. Due to insufficient access restrictions in the default installation directory, an attacker can elevate privileges by replacing the DualServer.exe binary.
- Record
CVE-2020-26133- 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-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in Dual DHCP DNS Server 7.40. Due to insufficient access restrictions in the default installation directory, an attacker can elevate privileges by replacing the DualServer.exe binary.
- Record
CVE-2020-26133- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-18763 No score
An issue was discovered in Dual DHCP DNS Server 7.40. Due to insufficient access restrictions in the default installation directory, an attacker can elevate privileges by replacing the DualServer.exe binary.
- Record
EUVD-2020-18763- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v8qw-9j77-3g5v
7.8
An issue was discovered in Dual DHCP DNS Server 7.40. Due to insufficient access restrictions in...
An issue was discovered in Dual DHCP DNS Server 7.40. Due to insufficient access restrictions in the default installation directory, an attacker can elevate privileges by replacing the DualServer.exe binary.
- Record
GHSA-v8qw-9j77-3g5v- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-269, CWE-732
- 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-2020-26133 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Dual Dhcp Dns Server Project Dhcp Dns Server, published October 28, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.33%, the 26th percentile. No source names a fixed version.