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veracodeVeracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:26953
HistorySep 21, 2020 - 6:27 a.m.

Privilege Escalation

2020-09-2106:27:28
Veracode Vulnerability Database
sca.analysiscenter.veracode.com
13

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

52.4%

cifs-utils:devel is vulnerable to privilege escalation. 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.