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CVE-2020-5797

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-11-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following in TP-Link Archer C9(US)_V1_180125 firmware allows an unauthenticated actor, with physical access and network access, to read sensitive files and write to a limited set of files after plugging a crafted USB drive into the router.

Affected products

• TP-Link Archer C9 A1: 180125

References

• https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-60
• https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-60

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