CVE-2020-28421
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.003 · 23 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.30% (23rd) EPSS
CVSS 4.6 · medium
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-28
CA Unified Infrastructure Management 20.1 and earlier contains a vulnerability in the robot (controller) component that allows local attackers to elevate privileges.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
7.8
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.6–7.8
v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9
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weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
CWE-269USLLM-inferred
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affected products (2)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- broadcom unified infrastructure management≤ 20.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:broadcom:unified_infrastructure_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (3)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
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references (9)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/41cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28421cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160165/CA-Unified-Infrastructure-Management-Privilege-Escalation.htmlcnnvd
- https://support.broadcom.com/external/content/security-advisories/CA20201116-01-Security-Notice-for-CA-Unified-Infrastructure-Management/16565cnnvd
- https://www.broadcom.com/Patchcnnvd
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/41enisa_euvd
- https://support.broadcom.com/external/content/security-advisories/CA20201116-01-Security-Notice-for-CA-Unified-Infrastructure-Management/16565enisa_euvd
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/41Mailing ListThird Party Advisorynvd
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