CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-27637

The R programming language’s default package manager CRAN is affected by a path traversal vulnerability that can lead to server compromise. This vulnerability affects packages installed via the R CMD install cli command or the install.packages() function from the interpreter. Update to version 4.0.3

10 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 10

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

9.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://www.r-project.org/foundation/ Vendor Advisory
https://labs.bishopfox.com/advisories/cran-version-4.0.2 Exploit Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:r-project:cran:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2021-01-12 04:15

Updated : 2021-01-20 05:34

NVD link : CVE-2020-27637

Mitre link : CVE-2020-27637

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-22