CVE-2020-6917 (GCVE-0-2020-6917)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-16 16:38 – Updated: 2024-08-04 09:18
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Summary
Potential security vulnerabilities including compromise of integrity, and allowed communication with untrusted clients has been identified in HP Support Assistant software.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Compromise of Integrity, Allowed Communication with Untrusted Clients
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a HP Support Assistant Affected: before 9.11
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