CVE-2020-6917 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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Potential security vulnerabilities including compromise of integrity, and allowed communication with untrusted clients has been identified in HP Support Assistant software.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Hp	Support Assistant

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:hp:support_assistant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/mandiant/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/2022/MNDT-2022-0030/MNDT-2022-0030.md
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_5585999-5586023-16

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hp

Published: 2022-02-16T16:38:00.000Z

Updated: 2026-10-08T21:13:53.670Z

Reserved: 2020-01-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-6917

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-02-16T17:15:09.943

Modified: 2026-10-08T22:17:02.303

Link: CVE-2020-6917

Redhat

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