CVE Catalog

CVE-2020-23968

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.89%

55th percentile - higher than 55% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability in Ilex International Sign&go Workstation Security Suite 7.1 allows privilege escalation via a symlink attack on the log file. An attacker can exploit a symlink at ProgramData\Ilex\S&G\Logs\000-sngWSService1.log to gain elevated privileges.

Risk Assessment

The organization is at risk of local privilege escalation, potentially leading to unauthorized access to sensitive data or full system compromise.

Recommendation

Immediately update Ilex International Sign&go Workstation Security Suite to the latest patched version. Additionally, restrict permissions on log directories and monitor for suspicious symbolic links.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Ilex International Sign&go Workstation Security Suite 7.1 allows elevation of privileges via a symlink attack on ProgramData\Ilex\S&G\Logs\000-sngWSService1.log.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS