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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-15492

This might allow an unauthenticated attacker to read files on the server via Directory Traversal, or possibly have unspecified other impact.

EXPLOITCRITICAL 9.8EPSS 16.6%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 16.6%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

An issue was discovered in INNEO Startup TOOLS 2017 M021 12.0.66.3784 through 2018 M040 13.0.70.3804. The sut_srv.exe web application (served on TCP port 85) includes user input into a filesystem access without any further validation. This might allow an unauthenticated attacker to read files on the server via Directory Traversal, or possibly have unspecified other impact.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
16.59% probability · 97th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 26 July 2020
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-22
Affected
inneo/startup tools
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%10%20%3 November 2026: 16.59%3 November 20263 November 2026

EPSS 16.6% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-48693source ↗INNEO Startup TOOLS 2018 M040 13.0.70.3804 - Remote Code Executionmultiple · Patrick Henerwebapps26 July 2020no

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.