CVE-2020-28169 Privilege escalation in n/a
Attackers can escalate privileges to SYSTEM by exploiting writable bin directory permissions in the td-agent-builder plugin for Fluentd.
- 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-2020-28169?
CVE-2020-28169 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 24 Dec 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The td-agent-builder plugin before 2020-12-18 for Fluentd allows attackers to gain privileges because the bin directory is writable by a user account, but a file in bin is executed as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.
Weakness: CWE-732
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-28169?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Td-Agent-Builder Project Td-Agent-Builder.
How do I fix CVE-2020-28169?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-28169 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-28169 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-28169 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 Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qh64-cxhv-8756.