CVE-2020-7824
Ericssonlg iPECS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of iPECS could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to get administrator permission. The vulnerability is due to insecure permission when handling session cookies. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by modification the cookie value to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker access to sensitive device information, which includes configuration files.
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
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Ericssonlg iPECS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of iPECS could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to get administrator permission. The vulnerability is due to insecure permission when handling session cookies. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by modification the cookie value to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker access to sensitive device information, which includes configuration files.
- Record
CVE-2020-7824- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-267
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-28756
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of iPECS could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to get administrator permission. The vulnerability is due to insecure permission when handling session cookies. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by modification the cookie value to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker access to sensitive device information, which includes configuration files.
- Record
EUVD-2020-28756- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hx9m-99jp-fw2w No score
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of iPECS could allow an authenticated,...
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of iPECS could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to get administrator permission. The vulnerability is due to insecure permission when handling session cookies. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by modification the cookie value to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker access to sensitive device information, which includes configuration files.
- Record
GHSA-hx9m-99jp-fw2w- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of iPECS could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to get administrator permission. The vulnerability is due to insecure permission when handling session cookies. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by modification the cookie value to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker access to sensitive device information, which includes configuration files.
- Record
CVE-2020-7824- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-267, CWE-276
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-7824 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Ericssonlg Ipecs, published August 25, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.02%, the 63rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.