CVE-2020-14004
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.007 · 54 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
An issue was discovered in Icinga2 before v2.12.0-rc1. The prepare-dirs script (run as part of the icinga2 systemd service) executes chmod 2750 /run/icinga2/cmd. /run/icinga2 is under control of an unprivileged user by default. If /run/icinga2/cmd is a symlink, then it will by followed and arbitrary files can be changed to mode 2750 by the unprivileged icinga2 user.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.6–7.8
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affected products (6)
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references (20)
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00014.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/06/12/1cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14004cnnvd
- https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/compare/v2.12.0-rc1...mastercnnvd
- https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/pull/8045/commits/2f0f2e8c355b75fa4407d23f85feea037d2bc4b6cnnvd
- https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/releasescnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14004cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Icinga2-privilege-escalation-via-prepare-dirs-33760cnnvd
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