CVE-2020-5377Dell EMC OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) versions 9.4 and prior contain multiple path traversal vulnerabilities. An unauthenticated…
- 9.1CriticalCVSS base score
- 48.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Dell EMC OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) versions 9.4 and prior contain multiple path traversal vulnerabilities. An unauthenticated remote attacker could potentially exploit these vulnerabilities by sending a crafted Web API request containing directory traversal character sequences to gain file system access on the compromised management station.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Dell OpenManage Server Administrator 9.4.0.0 - Arbitrary File Read (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 49750webapps, windowspublished 7 Apr 2021Not verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By dell
- 7 months later
· 7 months 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| dellCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Critical9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 48.6% · top 1.1% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.1.
Affected products
Dell · Dell Open Manage Server Administrator
- affected unspecified – < 9.5
References
References2
- https://www.dell.com/support/article/en-us/sln322304/dsa-2020-172-dell-emc-openmanage-server-administrator-omsa-path-traversal-vulnerability?lang=en (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162110/Dell-OpenManage-Server-Administrator-9.4.0.0-File-Read.html (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-2020-26559 (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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