Is CVE-2020-36394 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-36394 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-36394?

CVE-2020-36394 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.0 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-36394?

CVE-2020-36394 has an EPSS score of 0.35% (27th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-36394?

Upgrade pam setquota to 2020-05-29 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-36394

HIGH

7.0

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

pam_setquota.c in the pam_setquota module before 2020-05-29 for Linux-PAM allows local attackers to set their quota on an arbitrary filesystem, in certain situations where the attacker's home directory is a FUSE filesystem mounted under /home.

How to fix

Remediation Available

pam setquotaNVD

Affected:< 2020-05-29Fixed in:2020-05-29CVE-2020-36394derived 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 ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.35%probability of exploitation in 30 days

27thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 27% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

seclists.org

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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.