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Medium
CVE-2020-14342
It was found that cifs-utils' mount.cifs was invoking a shell...
Vulnerability Description
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.
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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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2020-September/135747.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14342
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-16
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00109.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DUMRICFXJVCBBOSKZSKT3HFVQM6VPJU3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JBNFSTJOQWVPFZAUJNNMAPY45PW5RTTE/
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Vulnerable Versions:
6.11
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 9th, 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:U/C:L/I:L/A:N