CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-20106

In yast2-printer up to and including version 4.0.2 the SMB printer settings don't escape characters in passwords properly. If a password with backticks or simliar characters is supplied this allows for executing code as root. This requires tricking root to enter such a password in yast.

9.3 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 10

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

8.1 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1114853 Exploit Issue Tracking
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:yast2-printer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2019-03-15 08:29

Updated : 2019-10-09 11:39

NVD link : CVE-2018-20106

Mitre link : CVE-2018-20106

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-20