CVE-2020-27985 Privilege escalation in n/a
Administrative users can gain root access without a password due to incorrect sudo configuration in Security Onion.
- 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-2020-27985?
CVE-2020-27985 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, 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
Security Onion v2 prior to 2.3.10 has an incorrect sudo configuration, which allows the administrative user to obtain root access without using the sudo password by editing and executing /home/<user>/SecurityOnion/setup/so-setup.
Weakness: CWE-306
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-27985?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Securityonionsolutions Security Onion.
How do I fix CVE-2020-27985?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-27985 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-27985 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-27985 in the wild and no public exploit code.