CVE-2020-16262

HIGH

Winston 1.5.4 - Local Privilege Escalation via Overly Permissioned www-data User

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Winston 1.5.4 devices have a local www-data user that is overly permissioned, resulting in root privilege escalation.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Product x_refsource_misc
https://winstonprivacy.com/
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://labs.bishopfox.com/advisories/winston-privacy-version-1.5.4

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0043
EPSS Percentile 34.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-269
Status published
Products (1)
winstonprivacy/winston_firmware 1.5.4
Published Oct 28, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026