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.
The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component.
The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2020-September/135747.html | exploit mailing list vendor advisory |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14342 | issue tracking patch third party advisory |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-16 | vendor advisory third party advisory |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00109.html | mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DUMRICFXJVCBBOSKZSKT3HFVQM6VPJU3/ | vendor advisory |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JBNFSTJOQWVPFZAUJNNMAPY45PW5RTTE/ | vendor advisory |