CVE-2020-1708
Openshift MySQL Apb Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
It has been found in openshift-enterprise version 3.11 and all openshift-enterprise versions from 4.1 to, including 4.3, that multiple containers modify the permissions of /etc/passwd to make them modifiable by users other than root. An attacker with access to the running container can exploit this to modify /etc/passwd to add a user and escalate their privileges. This CVE is specific to the openshift/mysql-apb.
INFO
Published Date :
Feb. 7, 2020, 9:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 12, 2023, 11:40 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.0
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 12, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description An insecure modification vulnerability in the /etc/passwd file was found in the container openshift/mysql-apb. An attacker with access to the container could use this flaw to modify /etc/passwd and escalate their privileges. It has been found in openshift-enterprise version 3.11 and all openshift-enterprise versions from 4.1 to, including 4.3, that multiple containers modify the permissions of /etc/passwd to make them modifiable by users other than root. An attacker with access to the running container can exploit this to modify /etc/passwd to add a user and escalate their privileges. This CVE is specific to the openshift/mysql-apb. Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/articles/4859371 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0800 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-1708 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1793299 [No Types Assigned] Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-266 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 02, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description It has been found in openshift-enterprise version 3.11 and all openshift-enterprise versions from 4.1 to, including 4.3, that multiple containers modify the permissions of /etc/passwd to make them modifiable by users other than root. An attacker with access to the running container can exploit this to modify /etc/passwd to add a user and escalate their privileges. This CVE is specific to the openshift/mysql-apb. An insecure modification vulnerability in the /etc/passwd file was found in the container openshift/mysql-apb. An attacker with access to the container could use this flaw to modify /etc/passwd and escalate their privileges. Removed CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CVSS V3.1 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/articles/4859371 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-1708 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0800 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1793299 [No Types Assigned] Removed CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-266 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 13, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0694 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 11, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0617 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0681 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 12, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1708 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1708 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-269 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Exploit Prediction
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0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.05635
percentile