{"id":"CVE-2020-5681","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-5681","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:58:26.513Z","title":"Untrusted search path vulnerability in self-extracting files created by EpsonNet SetupManager versions 2.2.14 and earlier, and Offirio SynergyWare PrintDirector versions 1.6x/1.6y and earlier allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL…","description":"Untrusted search path vulnerability in self-extracting files created by EpsonNet SetupManager versions 2.2.14 and earlier, and Offirio SynergyWare PrintDirector versions 1.6x/1.6y and earlier allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.","published":"2020-12-24T02:15:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:22:05.000Z","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/epsonnet setupmanager","epson/offirio synergyware printdirector"],"epss":{"score":0.00877,"percentile":0.58765,"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 (0.88%). 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/JVN94244575/index.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"vultures@jpcert.or.jp"},{"url":"https://www.epson.jp/support/misc_t/201217_oshirase.htm","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"vultures@jpcert.or.jp"},{"url":"https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN94244575/index.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.epson.jp/support/misc_t/201217_oshirase.htm","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5681","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."}