Azure Sphere Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

published 2020-11-11 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-8938

cvss: 6.2; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 53%
public exploits: 0; none known

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

microsoft azure_sphere 20.08

portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16981 advisory

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Exploit prediction

0.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CNA	3.1	6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.1	6.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.2	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

Microsoft Azure Sphere

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com /en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16981
patch, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-16981
NVD CVE-2020-16981

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