CVE-2020-27985

Public Exploit

Description

Security Onion v2 prior to 2.3.10 has an incorrect sudo configuration, which allows the administrative user to obtain root access without using the sudo password by editing and executing /home/<user>/SecurityOnion/setup/so-setup.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.06%
Third-Party Advisory github.com Third-Party Advisory github.com Third-Party Advisory s1gh.sh
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/securityonion/releases third party advisory release notes
https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/securityonion/commit/b14670030349a2747a00ace665568ab5f51ac47b third party advisory patch
https://s1gh.sh/cve-2020-27985-security-onion-local-privilege-escalation/ patch third party advisory exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-27985?
CVE-2020-27985 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-27985?
To fix CVE-2020-27985, 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-2020-27985 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2020-27985 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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