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CVE-2020-5524

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-02-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

Aterm series (Aterm WF1200C firmware Ver1.2.1 and earlier, Aterm WG1200CR firmware Ver1.2.1 and earlier, Aterm WG2600HS firmware Ver1.3.2 and earlier) allows an attacker on the same network segment to execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges via UPnP function.

Affected products

• NEC Aterm Wf1200C Firmware: through 1.2.1
• NEC Aterm Wg1200Cr Firmware: through 1.2.1
• NEC Corporation Aterm WG2600HS: through 1.3.2

References

• https://jpn.nec.com/security-info/secinfo/nv20-003.html
• https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49410695/index.html
• https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN25766797/
• https://jpn.nec.com/security-info/secinfo/nv20-003.html
• https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49410695/index.html

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