CVE-2020-7824: Ericssonlg iPECS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 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: 2020-08-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-267

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of iPECS could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to get administrator permission. The vulnerability is due to insecure permission when handling session cookies. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by modification the cookie value to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker access to sensitive device information, which includes configuration files.

Affected products

Ericssonlg Ipecs: from 1.0.0 through 1.0.35; from 2.0.0 through 2.10.14

References

http://www.ericssonlg.co.kr/
https://www.krcert.or.kr/krcert/secNoticeView.do?bulletin_writing_sequence=35572
http://www.ericssonlg.co.kr/
https://www.krcert.or.kr/krcert/secNoticeView.do?bulletin_writing_sequence=35572

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