CVE-2020-15492 EXPLOIT
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 16.6% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
An issue was discovered in INNEO Startup TOOLS 2017 M021 12.0.66.3784 through 2018 M040 13.0.70.3804. The sut_srv.exe web application (served on TCP port 85) includes user input into a filesystem access without any further validation. This might allow an unauthenticated attacker to read files on the server via Directory Traversal, or possibly have unspecified other impact.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 16.59% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-22 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2020-07-23 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| inneo | startup tools |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | INNEO Startup TOOLS 2018 M040 13.0.70.3804 - Remote Code Execution | 2020-07-26 |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158556/INNEO-Startup-TOOLS-2018-M040-13.0.70.3804-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://www.inneo.co.uk/en/product-development/inneo-in-house-products/startup-tools.html
- https://www.inneo.de/files/content/Produktentwicklung/Tools-und-Erweiterungen/Startup-TOOLS/INNEO-SA-SUT-2020-01.pdf
- https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2020-028.txt
- https://www.syss.de/pentest-blog/2020/syss-2020-028-sicherheitsschwachstelle-in-inneo-startup-tools-2017-und-2018/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158556/INNEO-Startup-TOOLS-2018-M040-13.0.70.3804-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://www.inneo.co.uk/en/product-development/inneo-in-house-products/startup-tools.html
- https://www.inneo.de/files/content/Produktentwicklung/Tools-und-Erweiterungen/Startup-TOOLS/INNEO-SA-SUT-2020-01.pdf
- https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2020-028.txt
- https://www.syss.de/pentest-blog/2020/syss-2020-028-sicherheitsschwachstelle-in-inneo-startup-tools-2017-und-2018/
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