CVE-2020-27569

Arbitrary File Write exists in Aviatrix VPN Client 2.8.2 and earlier. The VPN service writes logs to a location that is world writable and can be leveraged to gain write access to any file on the system.

Published: 2021-04-21 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2020-27569 is rated Moderate Risk (50.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.36%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-27569

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-10 0.25% 0.36% +0.11%
2 2025-03-30 0.29% 0.25% -0.04%
3 2025-03-29 0.29%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-27569

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-27569

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-27569

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2020-27569: 1 source package rows (openvpn); 77 state rows across 11 repos (3.10-main, 3.11-main, 3.12-main, 3.17-main, 3.18-main, 3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, 3.23-main, edge-main); fixed 77, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-27569

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-27569

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
aviatrix openvpn <= 2.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:aviatrix:openvpn:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-27569

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