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CVE-2020-5797
UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following in TP-Link Archer C9(US)_V1_180125 firmware allows an unauthenticated actor, with physical access…
Medium6.1EPSS 0.66%
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- tenable
Description
UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following in TP-Link Archer C9(US)_V1_180125 firmware allows an unauthenticated actor, with physical access and network access, to read sensitive files and write to a limited set of files after plugging a crafted USB drive into the router.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.66% · top 48% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Weakness
- UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
- CWE-59 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-59 and its CVEs
Affected products
TP-Link Archer C9 A1
- affected Archer C9(US)_V1_180125 firmware
References (1)
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-60 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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