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CVE-2020-6959
published 2020-01-22

CVE-2020-6959: The following versions of MAXPRO VMS and NVR, MAXPRO VMS:HNMSWVMS prior to Version VMS560 Build 595 T2-Patch, HNMSWVMSLT prior to Version VMS560 Build 595…

PriorityP262critical9.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
2.21%
80.4th percentile
The following versions of MAXPRO VMS and NVR, MAXPRO VMS:HNMSWVMS prior to Version VMS560 Build 595 T2-Patch, HNMSWVMSLT prior to Version VMS560 Build 595 T2-Patch, MAXPRO NVR: MAXPRO NVR XE prior to Version NVR 5.6 Build 595 T2-Patch, MAXPRO NVR SE prior to Version NVR 5.6 Build 595 T2-Patch, MAXPRO NVR PE prior to Version NVR 5.6 Build 595 T2-Patch, and MPNVRSWXX prior to Version NVR 5.6 Build 595 T2-Patch are vulnerable to an unsafe deserialization of untrusted data. An attacker may be able to remotely modify deserialized data without authentication using a specially crafted web request, resulting in remote code execution.

Affected

6 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
honeywellhnmswvms_firmware<= vms560
honeywellhnmswvmslt_firmware<= vms560
honeywellmaxpro_nvr_pe_firmware<= 5.6
honeywellmaxpro_nvr_se_firmware<= 5.6
honeywellmaxpro_nvr_xe_firmware<= 5.6
honeywellmpnvrswxx_firmware<= 5.6

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

  • Vulnerability is exploitable via a specially crafted web request targeting the deserialization endpoint — monitor for anomalous/malformed HTTP requests to MAXPRO VMS/NVR web interfaces, particularly those that may carry serialized object payloads.
  • No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability; any unauthenticated inbound web request to the MAXPRO VMS/NVR web interface should be treated as suspicious and reviewed.
  • CVE-2020-6959 is rated CVSS v3 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) — network-accessible, no privileges, no user interaction required; treat all external network access to affected systems as high-risk.
  • ·No known public exploits specifically targeting this vulnerability were identified at time of advisory publication — detection opportunities are limited to behavioral/anomaly-based approaches until PoC becomes available.

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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