Vulnerability record · CVE-2020-12608 · published 7 May 2020

CVE-2020-12608: Solarwinds managed service provider patch management engine incorrect default permissions vulnerability

Solarwinds · Managed Service Provider Patch Management Engine

An issue was discovered in SolarWinds MSP PME (Patch Management Engine) Cache Service before 1.1.15 in the Advanced Monitoring Agent. There are insecure file permissions for %PROGRAMDATA%\SolarWinds MSP\SolarWinds.MSP.CacheService\config\. This can lead to code execution by changing the CacheService.xml SISServerURL parameter.

7.8 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 22% · top 2.4% CWE-276 · Incorrect default permissions

7.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 9.3

22%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

6References, 6 tagged exploit

17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Managed Service Provider Patch Management Engine Solarwinds

References

Link	Tags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157591/SolarWinds-MSP-PME-Cache-Service-Insecure-File-Permissions-Code-Execution.ht	ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/May/23	ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/jensregel/Advisories/tree/master/CVE-2020-12608	ExploitThird Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157591/SolarWinds-MSP-PME-Cache-Service-Insecure-File-Permissions-Code-Execution.ht	ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/May/23	ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/jensregel/Advisories/tree/master/CVE-2020-12608	ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2020-12608), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.