CVE-2020-1706

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
09/03/2020
Last modified:
12/02/2023

Description

It has been found that in openshift-enterprise version 3.11 and openshift-enterprise versions 4.1 up to, including 4.3, multiple containers modify the permissions of /etc/passwd to make them modifiable by users other than root. An attacker with access to the running container can exploit this to modify /etc/passwd to add a user and escalate their privileges. This CVE is specific to the openshift/apb-tools-container.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*


References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools