Access Control Vulnerability in SolarWinds N-Central
CVE-2020-25618

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Solarwinds
Status
N-central
Vendor
CVE Published:
16 December 2020

Summary

An access control vulnerability was identified in SolarWinds N-Central, specifically in version 12.3.0.670. This issue arises from a misconfiguration in the sudo settings, allowing the nable web user account to execute arbitrary operating system commands with root privileges. The lack of restrictions in the sudoers file permits escalation of privileges, which can lead to significant security concerns if exploited.

References

https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/
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https://ernw.de/en/publications.html
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https://insinuator.net/2020/12/security-advisories-for-so...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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