CVE-2020-27985

Security Onion v2 prior to 2.3.10 has an incorrect sudo configuration, which allows the administrative user to obtain root access without using the sudo password by editing and executing /home/<user>/SecurityOnion/setup/so-setup.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/securityonion/commit/b14670030349a2747a00ace665568ab5f51ac47b	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/securityonion/releases	Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://s1gh.sh/cve-2020-27985-security-onion-local-privilege-escalation/	Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:securityonionsolutions:security_onion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2020-11-23 14:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 18:08

NVD link : CVE-2020-27985

Mitre link : CVE-2020-27985

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-27985

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Products Affected

securityonionsolutions

security_onion

CWE

CWE-306

Missing Authentication for Critical Function

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