CVE-2020-36605 Misconfiguration in Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor

Medium 6.6 Published 1 Nov 2022 Updated 5 May 2025

Local users can read and write specific files due to incorrect default permissions in Hitachi infrastructure analytics software.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2020-36605?

CVE-2020-36605 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor, published on 1 Nov 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor on Linux (Analytics probe component), Hitachi Ops Center Analyzer on Linux (Analyzer probe component), Hitachi Ops Center Viewpoint on Linux (Viewpoint RAID Agent component) allows local users to read and write specific files.

This issue affects Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor: from 2.0.0-00 through 4.4.0-00; Hitachi Ops Center Analyzer: from 10.0.0-00 before 10.9.0-00; Hitachi Ops Center Viewpoint: from 10.8.0-00 before 10.9.0-00.

Weakness: CWE-276

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-36605?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor, Hitachi Ops Center Analyzer, Hitachi Ops Center Viewpoint.

How do I fix CVE-2020-36605?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-36605 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-36605 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-36605 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-rw84-x9xw-mh38.