CVE-2020-13695 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can escalate privileges to root and read sensitive files due to excessive sudo permissions for the www-data user.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-13695?
CVE-2020-13695 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Jun 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, 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 has sudo privileges to execute grep as root without a password, which allows an attacker to obtain sensitive information via a grep of a /root/*.db or /etc/shadow file.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-13695?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Quickbox Quickbox.
How do I fix CVE-2020-13695?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-13695 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-13695 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-13695 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-74jw-2jr9-58m9.