CVE-2020-27228 Privilege escalation in OpenClinic

What is CVE-2020-27228?

CVE-2020-27228 is a high-severity vulnerability in OpenClinic, published on 13 Apr 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An incorrect default permissions vulnerability exists in the installation functionality of OpenClinic GA 5.173.3. Overwriting the binary can result in privilege escalation. An attacker can replace a file to exploit this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-276

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-27228?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Openclinic Ga Project Openclinic Ga.

How do I fix CVE-2020-27228?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-27228 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-27228 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-27228 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in OpenClinic

• CVE-2020-27227 Command injection in OpenClinic Critical 10.0
• CVE-2020-14484 Security feature bypass in OpenClinic GA Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-14485 Auth bypass in OpenClinic GA Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-14494 Auth bypass in OpenClinic GA Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-40275 Information disclosure in n/a Critical 9.1

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-x79c-2qj9-pgc6.