7.8
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2020-28243
SaltStack Salt Command Injection Vuln
Description

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. The minion's restartcheck is vulnerable to command injection via a crafted process name. This allows for a local privilege escalation by any user able to create a files on the minion in a non-blacklisted directory.

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Published Date :

Feb. 27, 2021, 5:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 5:22 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-28243 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Saltstack salt
: Total Affected Vendor : 3 | Products : 3
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2020-28243 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2020-28243.

URL Resource
https://github.com/stealthcopter/CVE-2020-28243 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00000.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/ Vendor Advisory
https://sec.stealthcopter.com/cve-2020-28243/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/stealthcopter/CVE-2020-28243 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00000.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/ Vendor Advisory
https://sec.stealthcopter.com/cve-2020-28243/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011 Third Party Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-28243 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-28243 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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CVE-2020-28243 Local Privledge Escalation Exploit in SaltStack Minion

saltstack saltstack-minion privilege-escalation cve cve-2020-28243

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Updated: 1 year ago
17 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : Dec. 22, 2020, 7:35 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-28243 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-28243 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/stealthcopter/CVE-2020-28243
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.html
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00000.html
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/
    Added Reference https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/
    Added Reference https://sec.stealthcopter.com/cve-2020-28243/
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 21, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22 Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 31, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 22, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00000.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 03, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00000.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 23, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011 Third Party Advisory
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-78
    Added CWE NIST CWE-77
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 19, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 10, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 21, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-77 CWE-78
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 31, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 25, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/ Third Party Advisory https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/ Third Party Advisory https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 19, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 05, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/stealthcopter/CVE-2020-28243 No Types Assigned https://github.com/stealthcopter/CVE-2020-28243 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/ No Types Assigned https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://sec.stealthcopter.com/cve-2020-28243/ No Types Assigned https://sec.stealthcopter.com/cve-2020-28243/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-77
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2015.8.10 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2015.8.11 up to (excluding) 2015.8.13 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2016.3.0 up to (excluding) 2016.3.4 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2016.3.5 up to (excluding) 2016.3.6 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2016.3.7 up to (excluding) 2016.3.8 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2016.3.9 up to (excluding) 2016.11.3 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2016.11.4 up to (excluding) 2016.11.5 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2016.11.7 up to (excluding) 2016.11.10 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2017.5.0 up to (excluding) 2017.7.8 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2018.2.0 up to (including) 2018.3.5 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2019.2.0 up to (excluding) 2019.2.5 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2019.2.6 up to (excluding) 2019.2.8 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3000 up to (excluding) 3000.6 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3001 up to (excluding) 3001.4 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3002 up to (excluding) 3002.5
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 02, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 02, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 01, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://sec.stealthcopter.com/cve-2020-28243/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://github.com/stealthcopter/CVE-2020-28243 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 4.4
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.73 }} -0.15%

score

0.81681

percentile