CVE-2020-28914
Kata Containers Impermissible File Permissions Filesystem Escalation
Description
An improper file permissions vulnerability affects Kata Containers prior to 1.11.5. When using a Kubernetes hostPath volume and mounting either a file or directory into a container as readonly, the file/directory is mounted as readOnly inside the container, but is still writable inside the guest. For a container breakout situation, a malicious guest can potentially modify or delete files/directories expected to be read-only.
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 17, 2020, 10:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Dec. 4, 2020, 3:25 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.2
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2020-28914
vulnerability.
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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-2020-28914.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/pull/1062 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/pull/3042 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/pull/3051 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.11.5 | Release Notes Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.12.0 | Release Notes Third Party Advisory |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 04, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/pull/1062 No Types Assigned https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/pull/1062 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/pull/3042 No Types Assigned https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/pull/3042 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/pull/3051 No Types Assigned https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/pull/3051 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.11.5 No Types Assigned https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.11.5 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.12.0 No Types Assigned https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.12.0 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-732 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:katacontainers:kata-containers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.11.5
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-28914 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-2020-28914
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.12065
percentile