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CVE-2020-36881 (GCVE-0-2020-36881)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-05 17:20 – Updated: 2025-12-08 20:13
VLAI
Title
Flexsense DiskBoss 'Add Input Directory' Buffer Overflow
Summary
Flexsense DiskBoss 7.7.14 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability in the 'Input Directory' component that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code on the system. Attackers can exploit this by pasting a specially crafted directory path into the 'Add Input Directory' field.
Severity
8.6 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-08 20:13 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-119 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Flexsense DiskBoss Affected: 7.7.14
    cpe:2.3:a:flexsense:diskboss:7.7.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Date Public
2020-04-01 00:00
Credits
Paras Bhatia
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