CVE-2020-9048
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2020-10-08
- WeaknessCWE-285 · CWE-732
Am I affected?
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Description
A vulnerability in specified versions of American Dynamics victor Web Client and Software House CCURE Web Client could allow a remote unauthenticated attacker on the network to delete arbitrary files on the system or render the system unusable by conducting a Denial of Service attack.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2020-10-0818:15CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
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- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2020-9048?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2020-9048?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.4 | ≤ 5.4.1 | no fix published | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.80 | ≤ 2.80 | no fix published | NVD |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Distribution builds and vendor advisories
Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.
version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.
Vendor advisories
Johnson Controls Sensormatic Electronics American Dynamics victor Web Client and Software House C•CURE Web Client (Update A)
Software House C•CURE Web Client: All versions up to and including v2.80 · American Dynamics victor Web Client: All versions up to and including v5.4.1
Fix
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-20-282-01 · 2 productsJohnson Controls recommends users upgrade all versions of victor Web Client to v5.6. Registered users can download the update.
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-20-282-01 · 2 productsC•CURE Web v2.60 and earlier -- upgrade to a minimum of v2.70
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-20-282-01 · 2 productsC•CURE Web v2.70 - install the update WebClient_c2.70_5.2_Update02
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-20-282-01 · 2 productsC•CURE Web v2.80 - install the update WebClient_c2.80_v5.4.1_Update04
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-20-282-01 · 2 productsRegistered users can obtain the software update by downloading the update.
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-20-282-01 · 2 productsFor more detailed mitigation instructions, please see Johnson Controls Product Security Advisory JCI-PSA-2020-09
Advisories and patches
- us-cert.cisa.govMitigation
- www.johnsoncontrols.comPatch
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2020-10-08
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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