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CVE-2020-10936

Improper Privilege Management

Published: May 27, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
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
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
HIGH
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10936
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html

Sympa before 6.2.56 allows privilege escalation.

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
SympaSympa*6.2.56 (excluding)
SympaUbuntubionic*
SympaUbuntueoan*
SympaUbuntuesm-apps/bionic*
SympaUbuntuesm-apps/focal*
SympaUbuntuesm-apps/xenial*
SympaUbuntufocal*
SympaUbuntugroovy*
SympaUbuntuhirsute*
SympaUbuntutrusty*
SympaUbuntutrusty/esm*
SympaUbuntuupstream*
SympaUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References

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