CVE-2020-12798 — Cellebrite UFED 5

Cellebrite UFED 5.0 to 7.5.0.845 implements local operating system policies that can be circumvented to obtain a command prompt via the Windows file dialog that is reachable via the Certificate-Based Authentication option of the Wireless Network Connection screen.

01What is this vulnerability?

Cellebrite UFED 5.0 to 7.5.0.845 implements local operating system policies that can be circumvented to obtain a command prompt via the Windows file dialog that is reachable via the Certificate-Based Authentication option of the Wireless Network Connection screen.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-05-15T17:33:42.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T12:04:22.953Z

09References

• twitter.com — https://twitter.com/thatguylevel
• korelogic.com — https://korelogic.com/advisories.html
• github.com — https://github.com/thatguylevel
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157715/Cellebrite-UFED-7.5.0.845-Desktop-Es…
• korelogic.com — https://korelogic.com/Resources/Advisories/KL-001-2020-002.txt