CVE-2020-14342
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-78
OS Command Injections
Publication date:
09/09/2020
Last modified:
07/11/2023
Description
It was found that cifs-utils' mount.cifs was invoking a shell when requesting the Samba password, which could be used to inject arbitrary commands. An attacker able to invoke mount.cifs with special permission, such as via sudo rules, could use this flaw to escalate their privileges.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
7.00
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Base Score 2.0
4.40
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
CPE | From | Up to |
---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:samba:cifs-utils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.6 (including) | 6.10 (including) |
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00109.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14342
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DUMRICFXJVCBBOSKZSKT3HFVQM6VPJU3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JBNFSTJOQWVPFZAUJNNMAPY45PW5RTTE/
- https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2020-September/135747.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-16