CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-10695

Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Published: May 26, 2021 | Modified: Jun 03, 2021
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu

An insecure modification flaw in the /etc/passwd file was found in the redhat-sso-7 container. An attacker with access to the container can use this flaw to modify the /etc/passwd and escalate their privileges.

Weakness

A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Single_sign-on Redhat * 7.4.4 (excluding)
RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers RedHat rh-sso-7/sso74-openshift-rhel8:7.4-12 *
Text-Only RHSSO RedHat redhat-sso-7-openshift-containers *

Potential Mitigations

References