Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in ProlinOS by Prolin Technologies
CVE-2020-28046

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Pax

Status
Prolinos
Vendor
CVE Published:
2 November 2020

What is CVE-2020-28046?

An issue exists in ProlinOS versions up to 2.4.161.8859R, where an attacker with local code execution privileges can exploit the setuid installation of the xtables-multi binary. By leveraging the 'ip6tables --modprobe' switch, the attacker can escalate their privileges to root, potentially compromising the system's integrity and security.

References

https://git.lsd.cat/g/pax-pwn
x_refsource_MISC

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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CVE-2020-28046 : Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in ProlinOS by Prolin Technologies