CVE-2020-1708 Information

Description

It has been found in openshift-enterprise version 3.11 and all openshift-enterprise versions from 4.1 to including 4.3 that multiple containers modify the permissions of /etc/passwd to make them modifiable by users other than root. An attacker with access to the running container can exploit this to modify /etc/passwd to add a user and escalate their privileges. This CVE is specific to the openshift/mysql-apb.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0617 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0681 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0694 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1708

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.0