CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-16262

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Oct 28, 2020 | Modified: Jul 21, 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
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Winston 1.5.4 devices have a local www-data user that is overly permissioned, resulting in root 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

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Winston_firmware Winstonprivacy 1.5.4 (including) 1.5.4 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References