Is CVE-2018-20052 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-20052 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-20052?

CVE-2018-20052 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-20052?

CVE-2018-20052 has an EPSS score of 0.38% (30th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-20052?

Upgrade connectivity engine 4 firmware to 201812 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-20052

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue was discovered on Cerner Connectivity Engine (CCE) 4 devices. The user running the main CCE firmware has NOPASSWD sudo privileges to several utilities that could be used to escalate privileges to root. One example is the "sudo ln -s /tmp/script /etc/cron.hourly/script" command.

CWE-1188

How to fix

Remediation Available

connectivity engine 4 firmwareNVD

Affected:< 201812Fixed in:201812CVE-2018-20052derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.38%probability of exploitation in 30 days

30thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 30% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

securifera.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-1188 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-13927	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-27524	High	8.9	97%	KEV	-
CVE-2022-24706	Critical	9.8	92%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-11532	Critical	9.8	77%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-16752	High	8.8	43%	-	-
CVE-2020-14011	Critical	9.8	29%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.