CVE-2020-27637

The R programming language’s default package manager CRAN is affected by a path traversal vulnerability that can lead to server compromise. This vulnerability affects packages installed via the R CMD install cli command or the install.packages() function from the interpreter. Update to version 4.0.3

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 10.0 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

10.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://labs.bishopfox.com/advisories/cran-version-4.0.2	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-07
https://www.r-project.org/foundation/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:r-project:cran:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2021-01-12 04:15

Updated : 2024-01-06 10:15

NVD link : CVE-2020-27637

Mitre link : CVE-2020-27637

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-27637

JSON object : View

Products Affected

r-project

cran

CWE

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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