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critical 9.8

CVE-2020-27540 json

Bash injection vulnerability and bypass of signature verification in Rostelecom CS-C2SHW 5.0.082.1.

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-20049

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 58%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Bash injection vulnerability and bypass of signature verification in Rostelecom CS-C2SHW 5.0.082.1. The camera reads firmware update configuration from SD card file vc\version.json. fw-sign parameter and from this configuration is directly inserted into a bash command. Firmware update is run automatically if there is special file on the inserted SD card.

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Exploit prediction

0.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • dil4rd.medium.com https://dil4rd.medium.com/groundhog-day-in-iot-valley-or-5-cves-in-1-camera-7dc1d2864707 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-347 Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

References

Sources

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