CVE-2020-7862
HelpU Overflow Vulnerability
A vulnerability in agent program of HelpU remote control solution could allow an authenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands This vulnerability is due to insufficient input santization when communicating customer process.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
HelpU Overflow Vulnerability
A vulnerability in agent program of HelpU remote control solution could allow an authenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands This vulnerability is due to insufficient input santization when communicating customer process.
- Record
CVE-2020-7862- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-28794
A vulnerability in agent program of HelpU remote control solution could allow an authenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands This vulnerability is due to insufficient input santization when communicating customer process.
- Record
EUVD-2020-28794- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pm79-ghmr-rxqx
A vulnerability in agent program of HelpU remote control solution could allow an authenticated...
A vulnerability in agent program of HelpU remote control solution could allow an authenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands This vulnerability is due to insufficient input santization when communicating customer process.
- Record
GHSA-pm79-ghmr-rxqx- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A vulnerability in agent program of HelpU remote control solution could allow an authenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands This vulnerability is due to insufficient input santization when communicating customer process.
- Record
CVE-2020-7862- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-7862 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.0) in Helpu Helpuftclient, published June 24, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.11%, the 65th percentile. No source names a fixed version.