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CVE-2020-14342

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.

  • Published: Sep 9, 2020
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2020-14342
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7
  • AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4.4
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

OWASP TOP 10:

Software From Fixed in
samba / cifs-utils 5.6 6.10.x
fedoraproject / fedora 32 32.x
fedoraproject / fedora 33 33.x
opensuse / leap 15.1 15.1.x