# CVE-2020-36652: Misconfiguration in Hitachi Automation Director

> Local users can read and write specific files due to incorrect default permissions in Hitachi Ops Center and related management software.

- **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:** 28 Feb 2023
- **Updated:** 7 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-95f9-5fff-hg3v

## What is CVE-2020-36652?

CVE-2020-36652 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hitachi Automation Director, published on 28 Feb 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 Automation Director on Linux, Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor on Linux (Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor, Analytics probe server components), Hitachi Ops Center Automator on Linux, Hitachi Ops Center Analyzer on Linux (Hitachi Ops Center Analyzer, Analyzer probe server components), Hitachi Ops Center Viewpoint on Linux (Viewpoint RAID Agent component) allows local users to read and write specific files.

This issue affects Hitachi Automation Director: 

from 8.2.0-00 through 10.6.1-00; Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor: from 2.0.0-00 through 4.0.0-00; Hitachi Ops Center Automator: before 10.9.1-00; Hitachi Ops Center Analyzer: before 10.9.1-00; Hitachi Ops Center Viewpoint: before 10.9.1-00.

Weakness: CWE-276 (Incorrect Default Permissions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-36652?

It affects 5 products.


Products: Hitachi Automation Director, Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor, Hitachi Ops Center Analyzer, Hitachi Ops Center Automator, Hitachi Ops Center Viewpoint.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-36652?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-36652 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-36652 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-36652 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Hitachi Automation Director

- [CVE-2018-21033](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-21033/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2018-21032](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-21032/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-36652 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-36652 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hitachi Automation Director, published on 28 Feb 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-2020-36652 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Hitachi Automation Director. 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-2020-36652/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36652/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36652
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36652
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-36652

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36652/
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