# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2020-7523"
idYear: 2020
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2020-08-31T16:11:46.000Z"
updatedAt: "2024-08-04T09:33:19.426Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:56:21.187Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2020-7523"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2020-7523.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7523"
title: null
summary: "Improper Privilege Management vulnerability exists in Schneider Electric Modbus Serial Driver (see security notification for versions) which could cause local privilege escalation when the Modbus Serial Driver service is invoked. The driver does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"Schneider Electric Modbus Serial Driver (64 bits) versions prior to V3.20 IE 30, Schneider Electric Modbus Serial Driver (32 bits) versions prior to V2.20 IE 30, and Schneider Electric Modbus Driver Suite versions prior to V14.15.0.1","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"n/a","product":"Schneider Electric Modbus Serial Driver (64 bits) versions prior to V3.20 IE 30, Schneider Electric Modbus Serial Driver (32 bits) versions prior to V2.20 IE 30, and Schneider Electric Modbus Driver Suite versions prior to V14.15.0.0"}]

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