8.8

CVE-2020-15824: jetbrains kotlin Improper Privilege Management

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-15824
Published 08-08-2020Last modified 04-08-2024
Open JSON

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-15824 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in jetbrains kotlin. EPSS estimates a 1.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.88%
0%100%
Low · +0.04 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 08-08-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In JetBrains Kotlin from 1.4-M1 to 1.4-RC (as Kotlin 1.3.7x is not affected by the issue. Fixed version is 1.4.0) there is a script-cache privilege escalation vulnerability due to kotlin-main-kts cached scripts in the system temp directory, which is shared by all users by default.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.88%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

79%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.04 pp

From 1.85% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.88%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Oracle2 products
Jetbrains1 product
  • kotlinEOL1.4.0:milestone1 | 1.4.0:milestone2 | 1.4.0:milestone3 | 1.4.0:rc
Ubuntu1 product
  • kotlinAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 4 products

References

10 links