Is CVE-2020-14342 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-14342 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-14342?

CVE-2020-14342 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.4 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-14342?

CVE-2020-14342 has an EPSS score of 0.65% (47th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-14342?

Upgrade cifs-utils on debian 11 to 2:6.11-1 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-14342

MEDIUM

4.4

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-77Command Injection CWE-78OS Command Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

cifs-utilsDebian

Fixed in:2:6.11-1CVE-2020-14342

cifs-utilsUbuntu

Fixed in:2:6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1USN-7688-1

Fixed in:2:6.4-1ubuntu1.1+esm1USN-7688-1

Fixed in:2:6.8-1ubuntu1.2USN-5459-1

Fixed in:2:6.9-1ubuntu0.2USN-5459-1

Fixed in:2:6.14-1ubuntu0.1USN-5459-1

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

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.65%probability of exploitation in 30 days

47thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 47% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

bugzilla.redhat.com

Exploit1

lists.samba.org

Third-Party Advisory2

Other references2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-77 (Command Injection) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

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CVE-2024-3400	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2024-21887	Critical	9.1	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2023-1671	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-1389	High	8.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-1498	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2012-1823	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix

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