Vulnerability Details CVE-2020-14342
It was found that cifs-utils' mount.cifs was invoking a shell when requesting the Samba password, which could be used to inject arbitrary commands. An attacker able to invoke mount.cifs with special permission, such as via sudo rules, could use this flaw to escalate their privileges.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 31.8%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 4.4
CVSS v2 Score 4.4
Products affected by CVE-2020-14342
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cpe:2.3:a:samba:cifs-utils:5.6
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cpe:2.3:a:samba:cifs-utils:5.7
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cpe:2.3:a:samba:cifs-utils:5.8
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cpe:2.3:a:samba:cifs-utils:5.9
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cpe:2.3:a:samba:cifs-utils:6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:samba:cifs-utils:6.1
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cpe:2.3:a:samba:cifs-utils:6.10
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cpe:2.3:a:samba:cifs-utils:6.2
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cpe:2.3:a:samba:cifs-utils:6.3
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cpe:2.3:a:samba:cifs-utils:6.4
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cpe:2.3:a:samba:cifs-utils:6.5
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cpe:2.3:a:samba:cifs-utils:6.6
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cpe:2.3:a:samba:cifs-utils:6.7
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cpe:2.3:a:samba:cifs-utils:6.8
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cpe:2.3:a:samba:cifs-utils:6.9
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cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32
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cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33
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cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1