Cyber Resilience

CVE-2020-22724

CriticalPublic PoCRCE

Published: 14 October 2021

Published
14 October 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.1444 94.6th percentile
Risk Priority 28 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2020-22724 is a critical-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Mercury Mer1200 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 5.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A remote command execution vulnerability exists in add_server_service of PPTP_SERVER in Mercury Router MER1200 v1.0.1 and Mercury Router MER1200G v1.0.1.

CWE(s)
CWE-78

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

mercury
mer1200 firmware
1.0.1
mercury
mer1200g firmware
1.0.1

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SC-27 Platform-independent Applications
addresses: CWE-78

Platform-independent apps typically execute inside a managed runtime or sandbox that restricts direct OS command execution, reducing the ability to exploit OS command injection.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-78

Validates inputs to block special elements that would alter OS command execution.

References