CVE-2020-14342

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.

CVSS v3.0 7.0 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.4 MEDIUM

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CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.0 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

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

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2020-September/135747.html	Exploit Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14342	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-16	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00109.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JBNFSTJOQWVPFZAUJNNMAPY45PW5RTTE/	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DUMRICFXJVCBBOSKZSKT3HFVQM6VPJU3/	Mailing List Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:samba:cifs-utils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:::::::*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2020-09-09 05:15

Updated : 2022-11-16 07:09

NVD link : CVE-2020-14342

Mitre link : CVE-2020-14342

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-78

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

Products Affected

samba

cifs-utils

fedoraproject

fedora

opensuse

leap

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