High severity · published Nov 27, 2019
CVE-2019-10220
Linux kernel CIFS implementation, version 4.9.0 is vulnerable to a relative paths injection in directory entry lists
8.8
CVSS
5.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Linux kernel CIFS implementation, version 4.9.0 is vulnerable to a relative paths injection in directory entry lists.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.1% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
2.6.12 before 3.16.81; 3.17 before 4.4.208; 4.5 before 4.9.208; 4.10 before 4.14.162; 4.15 before 4.19.93; 4.20 before 5.3.8 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
18.04; 19.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10220
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-10220
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10220
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200103-0001/
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4226-1/
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