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CVE-2020-12878

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-02-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

Digi ConnectPort X2e before 3.2.30.6 allows an attacker to escalate privileges from the python user to root via a symlink attack that uses chown, related to /etc/init.d/S50dropbear.sh and the /WEB/python/.ssh directory.

Affected products

• Digi Connectport X2E Firmware: before 3.2.30.6 — fixed in 3.2.30.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Digi Connectport X2E Firmware 3.2.30.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/fireeye/Vulnerability-Disclosures
• https://github.com/fireeye/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/FEYE-2020-0020/FEYE-2020-0020.md
• https://www.digi.com/support/productdetail?pid=5570
• https://github.com/fireeye/Vulnerability-Disclosures
• https://github.com/fireeye/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/FEYE-2020-0020/FEYE-2020-0020.md
• https://www.digi.com/support/productdetail?pid=5570

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