# CVE-2020-7824: Ericssonlg iPECS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

> An authenticated attacker can escalate privileges to administrator by modifying session cookies, gaining access to sensitive configuration files.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Aug 2020
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hx9m-99jp-fw2w

## What is CVE-2020-7824?

CVE-2020-7824 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ericsson-LG iPCES UCM, published on 25 Aug 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of iPECS could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to get administrator permission. The vulnerability is due to insecure permission when handling session cookies. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by modification the cookie value to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker access to sensitive device information, which includes configuration files.

Weakness: CWE-276 (Incorrect Default Permissions), CWE-267 (Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-7824?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ericssonlg Ipecs.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-7824?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-7824 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-7824 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7824 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-7824 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-7824 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ericsson-LG iPCES UCM, published on 25 Aug 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7824 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ericsson-LG iPCES UCM. 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-2020-7824/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7824/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7824
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7824
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-7824

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