CVE-2020-29050

Debian Security Advisory 5036-1

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

SphinxSearch in Sphinx Technologies Sphinx through 3.1.1 allows directory traversal (in conjunction with CVE-2019-14511) because the mysql client can be used for CALL SNIPPETS and load_file operations on a full pathname (e.g., a file in the /etc directory). NOTE: this is unrelated to CMUSphinx.

SphinxSearch en Sphinx Technologies Sphinx versiones hasta 3.1.1, permite un salto de directorio (en conjunto con CVE-2019-14511) porque el cliente mysql puede ser usado para operaciones CALL SNIPPETS y load_file en una ruta completa (por ejemplo, un archivo en el directorio /etc). NOTA: esto no está relacionado con CMUSphinx

It was discovered that sphinxsearch, a fast standalone full-text SQL search engine, could allow arbitrary files to be read by abusing a configuration option.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2020-11-24 CVE Reserved
2022-01-07 CVE Published
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2024-08-04 First Exploit
2025-04-10 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00009.html	Mailing List
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-29050	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
https://blog.wirhabenstil.de/2019/08/19/sphinxsearch-0-0-0-09306-cve-2019-14511	2024-08-04

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Sphinxsearch Search vendor "Sphinxsearch"		Sphinx Search vendor "Sphinxsearch" for product "Sphinx"				<= 3.1.1 Search vendor "Sphinxsearch" for product "Sphinx" and version " <= 3.1.1"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				9.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "9.0"		-		Affected