CVE-2020-36394 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can set quotas on arbitrary filesystems if their home directory is a FUSE mount, potentially leading to privilege escalation.
- 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-2020-36394?
CVE-2020-36394 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Jun 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
pam_setquota.c in the pam_setquota module before 2020-05-29 for Linux-PAM allows local attackers to set their quota on an arbitrary filesystem, in certain situations where the attacker's home directory is a FUSE filesystem mounted under /home.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-36394?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Pam Setquota Project Pam Setquota.
How do I fix CVE-2020-36394?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-36394 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-36394 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-36394 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m5q3-rr63-cf6f.