CVE-2020-3350 Cisco AMP for Endpoints and ClamAV Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
A local attacker can exploit a race condition in Cisco AMP and ClamAV to delete arbitrary files, causing system instability or service disruption.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2020-3350?
CVE-2020-3350 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 18 Jun 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in the endpoint software of Cisco AMP for Endpoints and Clam AntiVirus could allow an authenticated, local attacker to cause the running software to delete arbitrary files on the system. The vulnerability is due to a race condition that could occur when scanning malicious files. An attacker with local shell access could exploit this vulnerability by executing a script that could trigger the race condition. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files on the system that the attacker would not normally have privileges to delete, producing system instability or causing the endpoint software to stop working.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-3350?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Cisco Advanced Malware Protection for Endpoints, Cisco Clam Antivirus, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora.
How do I fix CVE-2020-3350?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2020-3350 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-3350 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2020-3350, CLEANSTART-2026-ZU50214, DEBIAN-CVE-2020-3350, GHSA-86pg-j5jw-f37r, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-3350.