CVE-2020-25285 (GCVE-0-2020-25285)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-09-13 17:28 – Updated: 2024-08-04 15:33
VLAI
Summary
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Severity
6.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2316 records in the last 180 days details
References
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