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Nextcloud Server < 17.0.8, 18.x < 18.0.7, 19.0.0 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (NC-SA-2020-029)

🗓️ 30 Oct 2020 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone AGType 
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Nextcloud Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (NC-SA-2020-029) - Logic error allows resharing with higher permission

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:nextcloud:nextcloud_server";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.144865");
  script_version("2025-02-25T13:24:30+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-02-25 13:24:30 +0000 (Tue, 25 Feb 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2020-10-30 03:43:36 +0000 (Fri, 30 Oct 2020)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"3.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2020-10-26 12:17:00 +0000 (Mon, 26 Oct 2020)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2020-8223");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Nextcloud Server < 17.0.8, 18.x < 18.0.7, 19.0.0 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (NC-SA-2020-029)");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_nextcloud_server_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("nextcloud/server/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Nextcloud Server is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A logic error in Nextcloud Server causes a privilege escalation allowing
  malicious users to reshare with higher permissions than they got assigned themselves.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Nextcloud server versions prior 17.0.8, 18.x prior to 18.0.7 and 19.0.0.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 17.0.8, 18.0.7, 19.0.1 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://nextcloud.com/security/advisory/?id=NC-SA-2020-029");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "17.0.8")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "17.0.8", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "18.0.0", test_version2: "18.0.6")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "18.0.7", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_is_equal(version: version, test_version: "19.0.0")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "19.0.1", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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