High severity · published Feb 7, 2020
CVE-2020-1708
It has been found in openshift-enterprise version 3.11 and all openshift-enterprise versions from 4.1 to, including 4.3, that multiple containers modify the permissions of…
7.0
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
It has been found in openshift-enterprise version 3.11 and all openshift-enterprise versions from 4.1 to, including 4.3, that multiple containers modify the permissions of /etc/passwd to make them modifiable by users other than root. An attacker with access to the running container can exploit this to modify /etc/passwd to add a user and escalate their privileges. This CVE is specific to the openshift/mysql-apb.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 20% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OC
Openshift Container Platform · Redhat
3.11; 4.1; 4.2; 4.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1708
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-1708
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0617
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0681
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0694
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1708
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