CVE-2020-10713
A flaw was found in grub2, prior to version 2.06. An attacker may use the GRUB 2 flaw to hijack and tamper the GRUB verification process. This flaw also allows the bypass of Secure Boot protections. In order to load an untrusted or modified kernel, an attacker would first need to establish access to the system such as gaining physical access, obtain the ability to alter a pxe-boot network, or have remote access to a networked system with root access. With this access, an attacker could then craft a string to cause a buffer overflow by injecting a malicious payload that leads to arbitrary code execution within GRUB. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
EPSS 1.71% · 77.1th percentile
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | grub2-signed | 1.93.15, 1.93.13, 1.93.11 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | grub2-unsigned | 2.04-1ubuntu44.1.2, 2.04-1ubuntu44.1, 2.04-1ubuntu44 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | grub2 | 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.7, 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.9, 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.11 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | grub2-signed | 1.25, 1.26, 1.30 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | grub2-unsigned | 2.04-1ubuntu44.1, 2.04-1ubuntu44.1.2, 2.04-1ubuntu44 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | grub2-signed | 1.66.11, 1.55, 1.57 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | grub2-signed | 1.136, 1.141, 1.142.1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | grub2-unsigned | 2.04-1ubuntu44, 2.04-1ubuntu44.2, 0 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | grub2 | 2.02-2ubuntu8.9, 2.02-2ubuntu8.7, 2.02-2ubuntu8.6 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | grub2 | 2.04-1ubuntu16, 0, 2.04-1ubuntu24 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | grub2 | 2.02~beta2-9ubuntu1, 0, 2.00-19ubuntu2 |
Timeline
- Jul 29, 2020 VulnCheck XDB Entry
- Jul 29, 2020 CVE Published
- Oct 1, 2020 VulnCheck KEV Exploitation
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 30, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Apr 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 18, 2022 VulnCheck KEV Exploitation
- Jul 7, 2022 EPSS Score
References
- https://www.eclypsium.com/2020/07/29/theres-a-hole-in-the-boot/ third-party-advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2020-07/msg00034.html third-party-advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/29/3 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-10713 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-10713 advisory
- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/GRUB2SecureBootBypass advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4432-1 advisory