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CVE-2018-20106

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CVE-2018-20106

Published: Mar 15, 2019

Modified: Sep 16, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

6.5

MEDIUM

Description

In yast2-printer up to and including version 4.0.2 the SMB printer settings don't escape characters in passwords properly. If a password with backticks or simliar characters is supplied this allows for executing code as root. This requires tricking root to enter such a password in yast.

VendorProductVersions

SUSE

yast2-printer

affected
unspecified - <= 4.0.2

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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