CVE-2020-14342

Severity Score

7.0

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Se detectó que mount.cifs de cifs-utils estaba invocando un shell al requerir la contraseña de Samba, que podría ser usado para inyectar comandos arbitrarios. Un atacante capaz de invocar mount.cifs con un permiso especial, como por medio de reglas sudo, podría usar este fallo para escalar sus privilegios.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2020-06-17 CVE Reserved
2020-09-09 CVE Published
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2024-08-04 First Exploit
2024-09-16 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2020-September/135747.html	2024-08-04

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14342	2023-11-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00109.html	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DUMRICFXJVCBBOSKZSKT3HFVQM6VPJU3	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JBNFSTJOQWVPFZAUJNNMAPY45PW5RTTE	2023-11-07
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-16	2023-11-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Samba Search vendor "Samba"		Cifs-utils Search vendor "Samba" for product "Cifs-utils"				>= 5.6 <= 6.10 Search vendor "Samba" for product "Cifs-utils" and version " >= 5.6 <= 6.10"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				32 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "32"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				33 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "33"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				15.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.1"		-		Affected