CVE-2020-12431A Windows privilege change issue was discovered in Splashtop Software Updater before 1.5.6.16. Insecure permissions on the configuration…
- 6.6MediumCVSS base score
- 0.55%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 53% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A Windows privilege change issue was discovered in Splashtop Software Updater before 1.5.6.16. Insecure permissions on the configuration file and named pipe allow for local privilege escalation to NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM, by forcing a permission change to any Splashtop files and directories, with resultant DLL hijacking. This product is bundled with Splashtop Streamer (before 3.3.8.0) and Splashtop Business (before 3.3.8.0).
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 23 days later
· 23 days later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.55% · top 53% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References2
- https://support-splashtopbusiness.splashtop.com/hc/en-us/articles/360042648231-Splashtop-Streamer-version-3-3-8-0-for-Windows-released-includes-SOS-version-3-3-8-0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://improsec.com/tech-blog/privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-splashtop-streamer (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)
- EUVD EUVD-2020-4743 (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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