CVE-2020-8446 Path traversal in n/a
A local attacker can exploit path traversal in OSSEC-HIDS to write arbitrary files via crafted syscheck messages sent to the analysisd socket.
- 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-2020-8446?
CVE-2020-8446 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Jan 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In OSSEC-HIDS 2.7 through 3.5.0, the server component responsible for log analysis (ossec-analysisd) is vulnerable to path traversal (with write access) via crafted syscheck messages written directly to the analysisd UNIX domain socket by a local user.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-8446?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ossec Ossec.
How do I fix CVE-2020-8446?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-8446 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2020-8446 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8446 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-96pq-2p2q-gx9m.