CVE-2020-27985 Information

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//SecurityOnion/setup/so-setup.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/securityonion/commit/b14670030349a2747a00ace665568ab5f51ac47b https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/securityonion/releases https://s1gh.sh/cve-2020-27985-security-onion-local-privilege-escalation/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8