CVE-2020-13694 Privilege escalation in n/a

High 8.8 Published Updated

Local attackers can escalate privileges to root by exploiting a sudo misconfiguration allowing passwordless MySQL execution with arbitrary commands.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-13694?

CVE-2020-13694 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Jun 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In QuickBox Community Edition through 2.5.5 and Pro Edition through 2.1.8, the local www-data user can execute sudo mysql without a password, which means that the www-data user can execute arbitrary OS commands via the mysql -e option.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-13694?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Quickbox Quickbox.

How do I fix CVE-2020-13694?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-13694 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-13694 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-13694 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6fh9-x2xg-3264.

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