7 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.4 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
51.6%
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.
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00109.html
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14342
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DUMRICFXJVCBBOSKZSKT3HFVQM6VPJU3/
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JBNFSTJOQWVPFZAUJNNMAPY45PW5RTTE/
lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2020-September/135747.html
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-16
7 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.4 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
51.6%