CVE-2020-24045

Public Exploit

Description

A sandbox escape issue was discovered in TitanHQ SpamTitan Gateway 7.07. It limits the admin user to a restricted shell, allowing execution of a small number of tools of the operating system. The restricted shell can be bypassed by presenting a fake vmware-tools ISO image to the guest virtual machine running SpamTitan Gateway. This ISO image should contain a valid Perl script at the vmware-freebsd-tools/vmware-tools-distrib/vmware-install.pl path. The fake ISO image will be mounted and the script wmware-install.pl will be executed with super-user privileges as soon as the hidden option to install VMware Tools is selected in the main menu of the restricted shell (option number 5). The contents of the script can be whatever the attacker wants, including a backdoor or similar.

Category

7.2
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.17% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory titanhq.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/felmoltor third party advisory
https://twitter.com/felmoltor third party advisory
https://www.titanhq.com/ vendor advisory
https://sensepost.com/blog/2020/clash-of-the-spamtitan/ third party advisory exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-24045?
CVE-2020-24045 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-24045?
To fix CVE-2020-24045, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-24045 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2020-24045 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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