CVE-2020-12351 Privilege escalation in BlueZ
An unauthenticated attacker with adjacent access can escalate privileges due to improper input validation in the BlueZ Bluetooth stack.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2020-12351?
CVE-2020-12351 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 23 Nov 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper input validation in BlueZ may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via adjacent access.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-12351?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2020-12351?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2020-12351 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-12351 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12351, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12351.