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Status published
Medium
CVE-2020-10782
An exposure of sensitive information flaw was found in Ansible...
Vulnerability Description
An exposure of sensitive information flaw was found in Ansible version 3.7.0. Sensitive information, such tokens and other secrets could be readable and exposed from the rsyslog configuration file, which has set the wrong world-readable permissions. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality. This is fixed in Ansible version 3.7.1.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Vulnerable Versions:
Affected: version 3.7.0, Fixed: version 3.7.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 18th, 2020
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
T1222
File and Directory Permissions Modification
Defense Evasion
T1078
Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1574
Hijack Execution Flow
Privilege Escalation
T1021
Remote Services
Lateral Movement
T1005
Data from Local System
Collection
T1213
Data from Information Repositories
Collection
T1552
Unsecured Credentials
Credential Access
T1041
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Exfiltration