CVE-2020-1709
published 2020-03-20CVE-2020-1709: A vulnerability was found in all openshift/mediawiki 4.x.x versions prior to 4.3.0, where an insecure modification vulnerability in the /etc/passwd file was…
PriorityP339high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.27%
19.6th percentile
A vulnerability was found in all openshift/mediawiki 4.x.x versions prior to 4.3.0, where an insecure modification vulnerability in the /etc/passwd file was found in the openshift/mediawiki. An attacker with access to the container could use this flaw to modify /etc/passwd and escalate their privileges.
Affected
2 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | openshift | — | — |
| redhat | openshift | >= 4.0 < 4.3 | 4.3 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.04.6MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
vendor_redhat7.0HIGH
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Red Hat
openshift/mediawiki: /etc/passwd is given incorrect privileges
vendor_redhat·2020-01-21·CVSS 7.0
CVE-2020-1709 [HIGH] CWE-732 openshift/mediawiki: /etc/passwd is given incorrect privileges
openshift/mediawiki: /etc/passwd is given incorrect privileges
A vulnerability was found in all openshift/mediawiki 4.x.x versions prior to 4.3.0, where an insecure modification vulnerability in the /etc/passwd file was found in the openshift/mediawiki. An attacker with access to the container could use this flaw to modify /etc/passwd and escalate their privileges.
An insecure modification vulnerability in the /etc/passwd file was found in the openshift/mediawiki. An attacker with access to the container could use this flaw to modify /etc/passwd and escalate their privileges.
Statement: By default this vulnerability is not exploitable in un-privilieged containers running on OpenShift Container Platform. This is because the system call SETUID and SETGID is blocked by the default seccomp
GHSA
GHSA-7x8g-9gr7-q6ff: A vulnerability was found in all openshift/mediawiki 4
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24
CVE-2020-1709 [MEDIUM] CWE-732 GHSA-7x8g-9gr7-q6ff: A vulnerability was found in all openshift/mediawiki 4
A vulnerability was found in all openshift/mediawiki 4.x.x versions prior to 4.3.0, where an insecure modification vulnerability in the /etc/passwd file was found in the openshift/mediawiki. An attacker with access to the container could use this flaw to modify /etc/passwd and escalate their privileges.
No detection rules found.
2020-03-20
Published