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CVE-2018-20052 (GCVE-0-2018-20052)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-04-25 15:40 – Updated: 2024-08-05 11:51
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Summary
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
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Date Public
2019-04-05 00:00
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