CVE-2019-20496 Privilege escalation in n/a
Medium 5.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-20496 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2019-20496 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel Cpanel, published on 17 Mar 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-20496 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Cpanel Cpanel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-20496/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-20496/index.md)
Attackers can perform arbitrary chown operations as root during log processing, leading to privilege escalation in cPanel.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-20496?
CVE-2019-20496 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel Cpanel, published on 17 Mar 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
cPanel before 82.0.18 allows attackers to conduct arbitrary chown operations as root during log processing (SEC-532).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-20496?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cpanel Cpanel.
How do I fix CVE-2019-20496?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-20496 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-20496 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-20496 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-377v-hq7x-6pmr.