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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
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | cifs-utils | 2:6.4-1ubuntu1, 0, 2:6.4-1ubuntu1.1 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | cifs-utils | 2:6.0-1ubuntu2, 0 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | cifs-utils | 2:6.8-1ubuntu1, 0, 2:6.7-1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | cifs-utils | 2:6.9-0ubuntu1, 0, 2:6.9-1ubuntu0.1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2020-September/135747.html (circl)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14342 (circl)
- GLSA-202009-16 (circl)
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1579 (circl)
- FEDORA-2020-ea0b9caac3 (circl)
- FEDORA-2020-cfdd73f1b4 (circl)
- redhat-oval_test.go (github-poc)
- redhat-oval_test.go (github-poc)
- redhat-oval_test.go (github-poc)
- redhat-oval_test.go (github-poc)
…and 2 more exploits
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
- Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-14342 third-party-advisory
- https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2020-September/135747.html third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5459-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14342 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7688-1 vendor-advisory