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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel 5.8.9 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component WEP/WPA/WPA2/WPA3. Such manipulation leads to injection. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2020-26147. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel 5.8.9 (Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component WEP/WPA/WPA2/WPA3. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is integrity.

The weakness was presented 05/12/2021. The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-26147. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/12/2021). This vulnerability is assigned to T1055 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Operating System

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• Linux

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• Kernel

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• 5.8.9

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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