# CVE-2020-36611: File and Directory Permission Vulnerability in Hitachi Tuning Manager

> Local users can read and write specific files due to incorrect default permissions in Hitachi Tuning Manager on Linux.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Jan 2023
- **Updated:** 3 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rq89-r32x-9rfg

## What is CVE-2020-36611?

CVE-2020-36611 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hitachi Tuning Manager, published on 17 Jan 2023. 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 Tuning Manager on Linux (Hitachi Tuning Manager server, Hitachi Tuning Manager - Agent for RAID, Hitachi Tuning Manager - Agent for NAS, Hitachi Tuning Manager - Agent for SAN Switch components) allows local users to read and write specific files.This issue affects Hitachi Tuning Manager: before 8.8.5-00.

Weakness: CWE-276 (Incorrect Default Permissions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-36611?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hitachi Tuning Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-36611?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-36611 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-36611 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-36611 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Hitachi Tuning Manager

- [CVE-2024-5828](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5828/): EL Injection Vulnerability in Hitachi Tuning Manager (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2023-6457](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6457/): File and Directory Permission Vulnerability in Hitachi Tuning Manager (medium 6.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-36611 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-36611 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hitachi Tuning Manager, published on 17 Jan 2023. 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-2020-36611 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Hitachi Tuning Manager. 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-2020-36611/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36611/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36611
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36611
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-36611

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36611/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.