VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-14342

CVSS score4.4 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.65%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-09-09
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

It was found that cifs-utils' mount.cifs was invoking a shell when requesting the Samba password, which could be used to inject arbitrary commands. An attacker able to invoke mount.cifs with special permission, such as via sudo rules, could use this flaw to escalate their privileges.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-77
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-78

Primary references