RVD#3323: Mismanaged permission implementation leads to privilege escalation, exfiltration of sensitive information, and DoS

published 2020-07-15 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-2741

cvss: 9.4; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 55%
public exploits: 0; none known

the main user account has restricted privileges but is in the sudoers group and there is not any mechanism in place to prevent sudo su or sudo -i to be run gaining unrestricted access to sensible files, encryption, or issue orders that disrupt robot operation.

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Exploit prediction

0.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	9.4	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	5.8	AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

uFactory xArm 5 Lite, xArm 6 and xArm 7

Classification

Weakness

CWE-656 Reliance on Security Through Obscurity
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

github.com /aliasrobotics/RVD/issues/3323
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-10286
NVD CVE-2020-10286

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