# CVE-2020-5617: Privilege escalation in SKYSEA Client View

> An attacker can escalate privileges to modify or obtain sensitive information in SKYSEA Client View via unspecified vectors.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:** 4 Aug 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wwjw-pff4-pg5g

## What is CVE-2020-5617?

CVE-2020-5617 is a high-severity vulnerability in SKYSEA Client View, published on 4 Aug 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Privilege escalation vulnerability in SKYSEA Client View Ver.12.200.12n to 15.210.05f allows an attacker to obtain unauthorized privileges and modify/obtain sensitive information or perform unintended operations via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-5617?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Skygroup Skysea Client View.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-5617?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-5617 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-5617 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5617 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SKYSEA Client View

- [CVE-2016-7836](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-7836/): SKYSEA Client View Improper Authentication (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-41139](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41139/): Privilege escalation in SKYSEA Client View (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2024-41143](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41143/): Privilege escalation in SKYSEA Client View (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2024-21805](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21805/): Missing authorization in SKYSEA Client View (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2021-20616](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20616/): Privilege escalation in SKYSEA Client View (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-5617 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-5617 is a high-severity vulnerability in SKYSEA Client View, published on 4 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-2020-5617 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SKYSEA Client View. 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-2020-5617/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5617/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-5617
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5617
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-5617

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5617/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.