CVE-2020-1708

State
Published
Severity
7.0 High
Published
Feb 7, 2020
Updated
Aug 4, 2024
Reserved
Nov 27, 2019

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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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.0 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hredhat

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
openshift/mysql-apbRed Hat
  • openshift-enterprise version 3.11Affected
  • from openshift-enterprise version 4.1 to, including 4.3Affected

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