Vulnerability Details : CVE-2020-14391
A flaw was found in the GNOME Control Center in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 versions prior to 8.2, where it improperly uses Red Hat Customer Portal credentials when a user registers a system through the GNOME Settings User Interface. This flaw allows a local attacker to discover the Red Hat Customer Portal password. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.
Products affected by CVE-2020-14391
- cpe:2.3:a:gnome:control_center:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-14391
0.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 6 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2020-14391
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2.1
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LOW | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
3.9
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2.9
|
NIST | |
|
5.5
|
MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
1.8
|
3.6
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2020-14391
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The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.Assigned by:
- nvd@nist.gov (Secondary)
- secalert@redhat.com (Primary)
References for CVE-2020-14391
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1873093
1873093 – (CVE-2020-14391) CVE-2020-14391 gnome-settings-daemon: Red Hat Customer Portal password logged and passed as command line argument when user registers through GNOME control centerIssue Tracking;Third Party Advisory
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