VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2020-14162
CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.59%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-07-30
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
An issue was discovered in Pi-Hole through 5.0. The local www-data user has sudo privileges to execute the pihole core script as root without a password, which could allow an attacker to obtain root access via shell metacharacters to this script's setdns command.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-78
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory