{"id":"CVE-2020-5674","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-5674","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:25:33.578Z","title":"Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installers of multiple SEIKO EPSON products allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.","description":"Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installers of multiple SEIKO EPSON products allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.","published":"2020-11-24T07:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:22:04.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"vultures@jpcert.or.jp","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-427"],"affected":["epson/album print","epson/color calibration utility","epson/colorbase","epson/colorio easy print","epson/connect","epson/creativity suite","epson/e-photo","epson/easy photo print","epson/easy settings","epson/imaging workshop","epson/link2","epson/multi-print quicker","epson/net config","epson/net config se","epson/net print","epson/net software development kit","epson/photolier","epson/photoquicker","epson/photostarter","epson/pm-t990 integrated installer","epson/print","epson/print image framer tool","epson/print layout","epson/prolab print","epson/remote printer driver","epson/scan icm updater","epson/scanner driver","epson/web to page","epson/webconfig","epson/universal print driver","epson/status monitor 2","epson/status monitor 3","epson/ec-01 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.00345,"percentile":0.27788,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.34%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN26835001/index.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"vultures@jpcert.or.jp"},{"url":"https://www.epson.jp/support/misc_t/201119_oshirase.htm","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"vultures@jpcert.or.jp"},{"url":"https://www.epson.jp/support/pdf/fy20-001_softwareList_20201106_b.pdf","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"vultures@jpcert.or.jp"},{"url":"https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN26835001/index.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.epson.jp/support/misc_t/201119_oshirase.htm","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.epson.jp/support/pdf/fy20-001_softwareList_20201106_b.pdf","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5674","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}