CVE-2018-20940

cPanel before 68.0.27 allows attackers to read root's crontab file during a short time interval upon the enabling of backups (SEC-342).

CVSS v3 3.3 LOW
CVSS v2.0 2.1 LOW

3.3^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

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

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

2.1^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/CL/68+Change+Log	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://news.cpanel.com/cpanel-tsr-2018-0001-full-disclosure/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2019-08-01 17:15

Updated : 2019-08-07 17:12

NVD link : CVE-2018-20940

Mitre link : CVE-2018-20940

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-20940

JSON object : View

Products Affected

cpanel

cpanel

CWE

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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