# CVE-2020-10290: RVD#1495: Universal Robots URCaps execute with unbounded privileges

> Malicious URCaps execute with unbounded privileges, allowing attackers to compromise robot operations via code execution and privilege escalation.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Aug 2020
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-78r6-6wpw-grwr

## What is CVE-2020-10290?

CVE-2020-10290 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Universal Robots URx, published on 21 Aug 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Universal Robots controller execute URCaps (zip files containing Java-powered applications) without any permission restrictions and a wide API that presents many primitives that can compromise the overall robot operations as demonstrated in our video. In our PoC we demonstrate how a malicious actor could 'cook' a custom URCap that when deployed by the user (intendedly or unintendedly) compromises the system

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management), CWE-250 (Execution with Unnecessary Privileges)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-10290?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sintef Urx.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-10290?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-10290 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-10290 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-10290 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-10290 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-10290 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Universal Robots URx, published on 21 Aug 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-10290 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Universal Robots URx. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10290/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10290/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-10290
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10290
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-10290

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