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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.4
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade cifs-utils | Mar 26, 2024 | Sep 9, 2020 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade cifs-utils | Jul 30, 2024 | Sep 9, 2020 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade net-fs/cifs-utils. | Sep 30, 2020 | Sep 9, 2020 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade cifs-utils | Feb 22, 2021 | Sep 9, 2020 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade cifs-utils | Jan 20, 2021 | Sep 9, 2020 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade cifs-utils | Feb 3, 2021 | Sep 9, 2020 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade cifs-utilsUpgrade pam_cifscreds | Nov 3, 2020 | Sep 9, 2020 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade cifs-utils | Oct 13, 2020 | Sep 9, 2020 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Sep 9, 2020 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade cifs-utils-develUpgrade pam_cifscredsUpgrade cifs-utils | Sep 24, 2020 | Sep 9, 2020 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade cifs-utils (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade cifs-utils | Jun 4, 2022 | Sep 9, 2020 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Sep 9, 2020 |
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