CVE-2020-12620

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Pi-hole 4.4 allows a user able to write to /etc/pihole/dns-servers.conf to escalate privileges through command injection (shell metacharacters after an IP address).

Pi-hole versión 4.4, permite a un usuario escribir en el archivo /etc/pihole/dns-servers.conf para escalar privilegios por medio de una inyección de comandos (metacaracteres de shell después de una dirección IP)

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2020-05-01 CVE Reserved
2020-07-30 CVE Published
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2024-08-04 First Exploit
2024-12-26 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
https://0xpanic.github.io/2020/07/21/Pihole.html	2024-08-04

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://pi-hole.net	2021-07-21

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Pi-hole Search vendor "Pi-hole"		Pi-hole Search vendor "Pi-hole" for product "Pi-hole"				< 5.0 Search vendor "Pi-hole" for product "Pi-hole" and version " < 5.0"		-		Affected