Azure Sphere Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

published 2020-11-11 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-8949

cvss: 8.2; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.4%; EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits: 0; none known

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

microsoft azure_sphere 20.09

portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16992 advisory

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Exploit prediction

1.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

talosintelligence.com https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1133 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.1	8.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/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-2020-16992
patch, vendor-advisory
talosintelligence.com /vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1133
exploit, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-16992
NVD CVE-2020-16992

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