Vulnerability Details : CVE-2020-27985
Potential exploit
Security Onion v2 prior to 2.3.10 has an incorrect sudo configuration, which allows the administrative user to obtain root access without using the sudo password by editing and executing /home/<user>/SecurityOnion/setup/so-setup.
Products affected by CVE-2020-27985
- cpe:2.3:a:securityonionsolutions:security_onion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-27985
0.08%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 33 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2020-27985
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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7.2
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HIGH | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
3.9
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10.0
|
NIST | |
7.8
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HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
1.8
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5.9
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2020-27985
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The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2020-27985
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https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/securityonion/commit/b14670030349a2747a00ace665568ab5f51ac47b
[feat] Remove so-setup permission from sudoers file after iso setup · Security-Onion-Solutions/securityonion@b146700 · GitHubPatch;Third Party Advisory
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https://s1gh.sh/cve-2020-27985-security-onion-local-privilege-escalation/
CVE-2020-27985 - Security Onion - Local Privilege EscalationExploit;Patch;Third Party Advisory
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https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/securityonion/releases
Releases · Security-Onion-Solutions/securityonion · GitHubRelease Notes;Third Party Advisory
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