CVE-2020-5895 - CVE House
Back to Database
Status published High CVE-2020-5895

On NGINX Controller versions 3.1.0-3.3.0, AVRD uses world-readable and world-writable...

Vulnerability Description

On NGINX Controller versions 3.1.0-3.3.0, AVRD uses world-readable and world-writable permissions on its socket, which allows processes or users on the local system to write arbitrary data into the socket. A local system attacker can make AVRD segmentation fault (SIGSEGV) by writing malformed messages to the socket.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

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

THREAT MONITOR

Am I Vulnerable?

Launch our assessment wizard to check if your infrastructure is exposed to • CVE-2020-5895

Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

NGINX Controller
Vulnerable Versions:
< 3.4.0

Timeline

Official Publish: May 7th, 2020
Last Modified: August 4th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.