CVE-2020-2504 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2020-2504

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in QES

Vulnerability Description

If exploited, this absolute path traversal vulnerability could allow attackers to traverse files in File Station. QNAP has already fixed these issues in QES 2.1.1 Build 20201006 and later.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • TIM Security Red Team Research

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Affected Vendor

QNAP Systems Inc.

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Affected Software

QES
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified

Timeline

Official Publish: December 24th, 2020
Last Modified: September 17th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22 CWE-73 CWE-20 CWE-284

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1005 Data from Local System
Collection
T1552 Unsecured Credentials
Credential Access
T1565.001 Stored Data Manipulation
Impact
T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
Command and Control
T1574 Hijack Execution Flow
Privilege Escalation
T1565 Data Manipulation
Impact
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
Execution
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation
T1213 Data from Information Repositories
Collection
T1565.002 Stored Data Manipulation
Impact
T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence