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CVE-2020-1706

Published: Mar 9, 2020

Modified: Aug 4, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.0

HIGH

Description

It has been found that in openshift-enterprise version 3.11 and openshift-enterprise versions 4.1 up to, including 4.3, 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/apb-tools-container.

VendorProductVersions

Red Hat

openshift/apb-tools-container

affected
openshift-enterprise version 3.11
affected
from openshift-enterprise version 4.1 to, including 4.3

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-732

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

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