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CVE-2020-14342

CVE-2020-14342 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.13% · 33.1th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.13%
33.1th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTScifs-utils2:6.4-1ubuntu1, 0, 2:6.4-1ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTScifs-utils2:6.0-1ubuntu2, 0
Ubuntu:18.04:LTScifs-utils2:6.8-1ubuntu1, 0, 2:6.7-1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTScifs-utils2:6.9-0ubuntu1, 0, 2:6.9-1ubuntu0.1

Timeline

  • Sep 9, 2020 CVE Published
  • Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Jan 6, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Apr 1, 2022 EPSS Score
  • May 1, 2022 EPSS Score
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  • Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
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