CVE-2020-12608

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 22.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2020-05-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-276

Description

An issue was discovered in SolarWinds MSP PME (Patch Management Engine) Cache Service before 1.1.15 in the Advanced Monitoring Agent. There are insecure file permissions for %PROGRAMDATA%\SolarWinds MSP\SolarWinds.MSP.CacheService\config\. This can lead to code execution by changing the CacheService.xml SISServerURL parameter.

Affected products

SolarWinds Managed Service Provider Patch Management Engine: before 1.1.15 — fixed in 1.1.15

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: SolarWinds Managed Service Provider Patch Management Engine 1.1.15. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157591/SolarWinds-MSP-PME-Cache-Service-Insecure-File-Permissions-Code-Execution.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/May/23
https://github.com/jensregel/Advisories/tree/master/CVE-2020-12608
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157591/SolarWinds-MSP-PME-Cache-Service-Insecure-File-Permissions-Code-Execution.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/May/23
https://github.com/jensregel/Advisories/tree/master/CVE-2020-12608

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