CVE-2020-14162

An issue was discovered in Pi-Hole through 5.0. The local www-data user has sudo privileges to execute the pihole core script as root without a password, which could allow an attacker to obtain root access via shell metacharacters to this script's setdns command.

CVSS v3.0 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

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CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://docs.pi-hole.net/core/pihole-command/	Vendor Advisory
https://0xpanic.github.io/2020/07/21/Pihole.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:pi-hole:pi-hole:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2020-07-30 07:15

Updated : 2021-07-21 04:39

NVD link : CVE-2020-14162

Mitre link : CVE-2020-14162

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-78

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

Products Affected

pi-hole

pi-hole

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