CVE-2020-27172

9.8 criticalEPSS 1.3%

Critical (9.8) in gdatasoftware g data. EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered in G-Data before 25.5.9.25 using Symbolic links, it is possible to abuse the infected-file restore mechanism to achieve arbitrary write that leads to elevation of privileges.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

9.8 critical

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

EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 71% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-59
Published: 2020-12-28
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

gdatasoftware:g_data

References

https://www.fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-20-120
https://www.fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-20-120

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