High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 15, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-8948

Description

The Sierra Wireless Windows Mobile Broadband Driver Packages (MBDP) before build 5043 allows an unprivileged user to overwrite arbitrary files in arbitrary folders using hard links. An unprivileged user could leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

Affected products

Sierrawireless/Mobile Broadband Driver Package
cpe:2.3:a:sierrawireless:mobile_broadband_driver_package:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <5043
Sierra Wireless/Windows Mobile Broadband Driver Packages (MBDP)description
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Range: <5043

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

danishcyberdefence.dk/blog/sierra_wirelessnvdThird Party Advisory
source.sierrawireless.com/resources/airlink/software_reference_docs/technical-bulletin/sierra-wireless-technical-bulletin---swi-psa-2020-002-cve-2020-8948/nvdVendor Advisory

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